oxford comma strikes again!
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Oxford comma is important
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Oh great, that means he's our last defense against the Brainspawn.pic.twitter.com/qEcpTefx6f
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Fun fact: Stephen Harper’s grandfather vanished without a trace
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Harper's Chinatown: My mother! My daughter! My mother! My daughter!
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Never let anybody tell you that an Oxford comma is useless
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So in the version of this sentence with the Oxford comma included, it reads: "LaureenHarper, my mother, and daughter." Here, he could just as well be saying that Laureen is his mother rather than his wife (that is, "mother" could be the appositive to "Laureen").
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The key to unambiguous writing is proper phrasing and trusting your readers to get the context, rather than placing your trust in the Oxford comma as a magic bullet. (Responding to everyone and no one in particular.)
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@JessShulman thought you’d get a kick out of this. Gotta love the Oxford comma. -
Ha! Awesome.
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