My son has grammar issues. He uses commas excessively. He was once classified as African American when he was a child because I failed to check a race on some enrollment forms. The computer defaulted to African American as it was the first choice on the list. Lol. It took several years to reclassify him. Can my son be given a break in college due to his previous status as African American? Hahaha. (We used to receive all kinds of invitations to AA events encouraging our son to prepare for college and explaining all the opportunities for assistance that AA have that others do not. It was interesting.) The same son received some AARP cards in the mail the other day. We don’t know how he came to be on their mailing list.
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“... he uses commas excessively”.
That may be from today’s education based on passing the standardized tests. Old days: I ate an apple, orange and a pear.
Now: I ate an apple, orange, and a pear.
The standardized testing will mark it wrong if there isn’t a comma but not mark it wrong if there are extra commas. Thus, this is how students are taught today. I’ve had this issue explained to me by teachers when I questioned the marking.