Comments on: The Oxford Comma http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/ Web Development & Design | Online Marketing Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: um... http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-223 um... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:19:06 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-223 To Jordan - You sir are the worst kind of idiot: an idiot who thinks he's intelligent. To Jordan – You sir are the worst kind of idiot: an idiot who thinks he’s intelligent.

]]> By: Jeremy http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Jeremy Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:01:41 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-224 Not only is there a ruling body of stuffy academics decreeing proper usage, but there are several. The Chicago Manual of Style is only one. MLA, APA, and AP are other codified styles. They contradict each other where they overlap, so there may as well not be any that apply to the whole English language. However, none of these style guides are ever applied to the whole language anyway; each style has a particular context it's applied to. You can thank (or blame) the AP for absent serial commas in most U.S. journalism. Not only is there a ruling body of stuffy academics decreeing proper usage, but there are several. The Chicago Manual of Style is only one. MLA, APA, and AP are other codified styles. They contradict each other where they overlap, so there may as well not be any that apply to the whole English language. However, none of these style guides are ever applied to the whole language anyway; each style has a particular context it’s applied to. You can thank (or blame) the AP for absent serial commas in most U.S. journalism.

]]> By: Jordan http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Jordan Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:13:12 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-227 "there’s no ruling body of stuffy academics assigned to keep things in shape." Technically, there is. The Chicago Manual of Style covers stuff like this. The problem is that it changes every year. I used to argue with my professors on parenthesis and punctuation. When ending a sentence with a parenthetical statement, should you put the punctuation inside the parenthesis or outside? My argument is that if you put the punctuation inside the parenthesis (like this.) This causes the sentence to be ended parenthetically. Unfortunately the manual of style wavers on this issue. Sometimes it's perfectly fine to do that (and other times you should end the sentence properly). “there’s no ruling body of stuffy academics assigned to keep things in shape.”

Technically, there is. The Chicago Manual of Style covers stuff like this. The problem is that it changes every year.

I used to argue with my professors on parenthesis and punctuation.

When ending a sentence with a parenthetical statement, should you put the punctuation inside the parenthesis or outside?

My argument is that if you put the punctuation inside the parenthesis (like this.) This causes the sentence to be ended parenthetically.

Unfortunately the manual of style wavers on this issue. Sometimes it’s perfectly fine to do that (and other times you should end the sentence properly).

]]> By: ThatGuy http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-226 ThatGuy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:46:52 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-226 Your tool, your face, and your devil. Your tool, your face, and your devil.

]]> By: Fred http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Fred Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:08:21 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-225 Your tool is the face of the devil. Your tool is the face of the devil.

]]> By: robosox http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-220 robosox Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:14:24 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-220 Your face is a tool of the devil. Your face is a tool of the devil.

]]> By: Alex http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Alex Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:55:44 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-219 The Oxford Comma is a tool of the devil. The Oxford Comma is a tool of the devil.

]]> By: JD http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-218 JD Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:29:33 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-218 The Oxford Comma is inefficient. It must be eradicated. The Oxford Comma is inefficient. It must be eradicated.

]]> By: Wade http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Wade Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:19:28 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-222 Preach it, brother. Preach it, brother.

]]> By: DCB http://voltagecreative.com/articles/the-oxford-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-221 DCB Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:49:38 +0000 http://www.voltagecreative.com/blog/?p=457#comment-221 Oxford comma all the way! Oxford comma all the way!

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