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.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 18, 2011 2:32:09 pm PDT #26962 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
§ 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.
sumi - Sep 18, 2011 3:02:21 pm PDT #26970 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
ita - wow - that is totally cool.
Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 3:03:00 pm PDT #26971 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Emmys are on Fox, if that helps any?