Comments on: WCYDWT: Serial Commas

By: WCYDWT English? « Bionic Teaching

WCYDWT English? « Bionic Teaching — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:38:21 +0000

[…] the serial comma artifact that was posted on Dan’s site a while back. I ended up at Wikipedia pondering a way to make […]

By: ClimeGuy

ClimeGuy — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:41:30 +0000

The TEAL guys would be interested in this. Where's the typo? http://yfrog.com/mumgij

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:02:07 +0000

So I think I need to raise a stink here. First off, I’m glad to see people seeing a NEED for proper punctuation, and I agree with Lloyd about the Oxford comma having its purpose in these situations (unless he’s going for a reference that’s beyond me, which is often the case). But there really should be no ambiguity here. If that were a colon, we’d have quite a mess on our hands. But as is, if we’re educated enough in our language, that should be clear as day. Then again, let’s just use the Oxford comma all the time and not have to worry about this.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:34:59 +0000

This reminds me of the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss. The book is an amazing hybrid between humor and grammar.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592402038/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?ie=UTF8&cloe_id=e905b4d9-ec1e-400d-bf3a-e290addf5cf0&pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1592400876&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=00WSGQNCV7H0RJXSDA4N

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:23:33 +0000

Ha…I’m rolling, too! I LOVE this!

My recent headache: wonder vs. wander. I think God is playing a joke on me, because I have literally seen people write “I’m wandering who will be next…” (etc.) about seven different times in the past week. AGH!

By: Mary W.

Mary W. — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:56:04 +0000

LOL, cannot stop laughing at the comments. Love your blog Dan. Congrats on T & L feature.

By: vlorbik

vlorbik — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:13:39 +0000

i’d like to thank my parents, ayn rand and god.

–or so i’ve heard said. but maybe somebody
just made that up. this one’s a keeper. ta.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:40:24 +0000

@Lloyd, reference caught. @Luke, done. Good call.

By: luke

luke — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:50:47 +0000

thank you.

and you should add an ela tag. get it up to 8.

By: Lloyd Christmas

Lloyd Christmas — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:54:37 +0000

That’s why I give a f*** about the Oxford comma.