I'm so glad people are finally shifting focus to the much more pervasive and important issues of grammar and punctuation. It's about time.
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Is there a Pulitzer for smallest hill to have died on?
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One must first know the rules of style in order to break them. It is clear from this train wreck, that this particular rule needs breaking.
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Neil Sedaka; "Comma, comma, down dooby doo down down Breaking up is hard to do"
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@NewYorker has always been in the pocket of Big PunctuationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Stop using that Oxford comma as well. It's BS too.
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No, no, and NO! The Oxford comma is a visual clue for readers to anticipate the end of a list. Let's not get lazy, unconventional, and dumb!
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Not to be diacritical, but the fact that you didn't call this your, "preëxisting convention," disappoints me.
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No It.,'s Not..
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If your style guide produces bad results, you might consider changing some conventions.
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I think it's a "collusion" of conventions.
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It's the damned ugliest thing I ever saw, but I accept your explanation.
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Yup. It certainly is that.
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Andrew, we all knew *why*. What we don't understand is why you don't allow exceptions to avoid such aesthetically grotesque constructions.
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