2 spaces after...

[Overnight]

I like franks, and beans.
This is like saying I like frank's and I like beans.
I like franks and beans.
This is like saying I like Frank's and beans at the same time.

I don't know if that's how it's done with the Oxford rules or not but that's how it should work.

Now you used an ownership apostrophe or whatever it is called with "Frank's beans".

You are horrible.

GAME PENALTY!

 

[wxytrader]

Now you used an ownership apostrophe or whatever it is called with "Frank's beans".

You are horrible.

GAME PENALTY!

That was Google voice to text

 

[Overnight]

That was Google voice to text

Lame excuse. Go into the corner and wear this pointy hat.

 

[ph1l]

For what it is worth, I growed up learning the 2-spaces-after-a-period method of writing.

Now you used an ownership apostrophe or whatever it is called with "Frank's beans".

You are horrible.

GAME PENALTY!

With all due respect, one who "growed" up has no business acting as one of the

 

[Overnight]

With all due respect, one who "growed" up has no business acting as one of the

You missed the irony. It is from a Letterman bit from the early 1990s. :-(

Sorry, a lot of my humor references shit from the 80s and 90s! I am not privy to all the new paradigms!



:-\

 

[wxytrader]

Lame excuse. Go into the corner and wear this pointy hat.

I still don't think you are grasping the concept of why an oxford comma needs to be used in some circumstances...even oxford apparently doesn't realize this or they would make it a rule and not an option.

 

[SunTrader]

Who frickin' ever says I like oatmeal, eggs and fruit salad ... unless they like them altogether?

Anyway less is more. "I would have wrote a shorter letter ...."

 

[wxytrader]

Who frickin' ever says I like oatmeal, eggs and fruit salad ... unless they like them altogether?

That's the point. If we had a standardized oxford comma rule then it would be self explanatory.

• I like oatmeal, eggs, cars, boats, travelling, movies, naps, fruit salads and whip cream, skiing, tennis, and hiking on nice days.

In this sentence it is clear that you like fruit salads and whip cream, and you like hiking on nice days.

• I like oatmeal, eggs, cars, boats, travelling, movies, naps, fruit salads and whip cream, skiing, tennis and hiking on nice days.

In the this sentence it appears you like fruit salads and whip cream, tennis AND hiking on nice days. That's a lot of activity for one day lol.

 

[SunTrader]

That's the point. If we had a standardized oxford comma rule then it would be self explanatory.

• I like oatmeal, eggs, cars, boats, travelling, movies, naps, fruit salads and whip cream, skiing, tennis, and hiking on nice days.

In this sentence it is clear that you like fruit salads and whip cream, and you like hiking on nice days.

• I like oatmeal, eggs, cars, boats, travelling, movies, naps, fruit salads and whip cream, skiing, tennis and hiking on nice days.

In the this sentence it appears you like fruit salads and whip cream, tennis AND hiking on nice days. That's a lot of activity for one day lol.

For BREAKFAST is the point. Moving on from this pointless discussion.

 

[wxytrader]

For BREAKFAST is the point. Moving on from this pointless discussion.

It's not pointless as I have shown that moving the placement of the comma can actually change the meaning of the sentence. Oxford should amend the rule as such. I won't even take credit for it...they can still call it the oxford comma rule.