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To: laweeks
Screw all that crap. I’m upset that I seldom ever see the Oxford comma used anywhere.

At work recently, we had some fun with this after receiving a writing guide that instructed us not to use the Oxford comma.

Commas truly change meanings.

"Eats leaves and shoots?" or "Eats, leaves, and shoots"?

Commas even save lives.

"Let's eat Grandma!" or "Let's eat, Grandma!"

Recently, a company was forced to pay a considerable amount of backpay to drivers as a result of a lacking Oxford comma. Lack of Oxford comma costs Maine dairy company $5 million

Moral: Never be afraid to use a comma.

35 posted on 05/18/2019 7:11:47 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom; Moonman62; moovova; LS

36 posted on 05/18/2019 7:31:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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