Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.

'Bring On The Night'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Typo Boy - Sep 18, 2011 2:08:45 pm PDT #26960 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Happy Birthday Erika.

In terms of Oxford comma. I'm fine either way, as long as you are inconsistent. Yes inconsistent, because either way has exceptions. "I want to thank my parents, Jesus, and Ayne Rand" needs the serial comma, unless you are of very UNusual parentage. "A Panda walks into a bar, eats shoots and leaves" needs to omit the Oxford comma unless the Panda was armed.

The advantage of the Oxford comma is that it requires fewer exceptions than omitting it. An Oxford comma user will be more consistent. Omitting the Oxford comma and putting it in only when needed means having to make more exceptions, but overall involves typing fewer commas over a lifetime.


Hil R. - Sep 18, 2011 2:16:30 pm PDT #26961 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

"A Panda walks into a bar, eats shoots and leaves" needs to omit the Oxford comma unless the Panda was armed.

That sentence is ungrammatical as written. It's not a question of Oxford comma. It's a comma splice.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 18, 2011 2:32:09 pm PDT #26962 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

My problem is that it was drilled into my head that comma=pause. So if I read "....Buffy, Xander and Willow" I read it as "Buffy (pause) Xanderandwillow." Which I realize is kind of weird.


§ ita § - Sep 18, 2011 2:53:28 pm PDT #26963 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just met Joe Morton.

And I comported myself with dignity!

Did I even mention he's on my "National Treasure" list of American actors? No?


Amy - Sep 18, 2011 2:54:59 pm PDT #26964 of 30001
Because books.

Where?

Typo, there's a couple things wrong with your second example. It's not the kind of series the Oxford comma uses, for one. As Hil said, it's a comma splice; you've got two different clauses there.


Amy - Sep 18, 2011 2:58:46 pm PDT #26965 of 30001
Because books.

Gina Torres on the red carpet! Holy crap, she's gorgeous. And taller than Lawrence Fishburne, which I didn't know.


quester - Sep 18, 2011 2:59:12 pm PDT #26966 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

this just in from the Emmy Red Carpet: Gina Torres towers over Lawrence Fishburn.

HA! Gina Torres xpost!


Dana - Sep 18, 2011 3:00:10 pm PDT #26967 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Uh, anyone else not getting CBS? Like, black screen with no actors on it?


quester - Sep 18, 2011 3:01:15 pm PDT #26968 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I thought Nimoy didn't want to be on camera anymore!


§ ita § - Sep 18, 2011 3:01:42 pm PDT #26969 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Where?

Colin's. He had some people from work over.