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    Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Jul 22

    Oxford comma foreverpic.twitter.com/r77bZYzVgZ

    12:11 AM - 22 Jul 2018
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      2. Quasi-Philosopher‏ @q_philosopher Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        From: https://www.businessinsider.in/The-Oxford-Comma-Is-Massively-Overrated/articleshow/22843003.cms …pic.twitter.com/kzxnSBNIuy

        2 replies 3 retweets 15 likes
      3. Brian D. Earp‏ @briandavidearp Jul 22
        Replying to @q_philosopher

        Nice!

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      2. Ludwig‏ @ludwig_raal Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        Agreed. I think Pinker gave this example in The Sense of Style...pic.twitter.com/cZ8nhHDfsD

        3 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
      3. Yannick  🐓 🐖 🦃 🐟 🐂‏ @yannick___m Jul 22
        Replying to @ludwig_raal @briandavidearp

        this is hard to look at no matter where you set the commas 😀

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      4. Ludwig‏ @ludwig_raal Jul 22
        Replying to @yannick___m

        Having someone give thanks to Ayn Rand is bad, but coming across their actual offspring is worse (imho).

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      1. Greg Dober‏ @GJDober Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp @JustinCaouette

        The greatest debate since the chicken and egg.

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      1. Psycho! Sophia‏ @AirlaSophia Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp @JustinCaouette

        I can imagine more pressing catastrophes in interpretation than a breakfast scenario LOL

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      1. Michelle Rogers‏ @MichRogCook Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp @DuffyValerie

        It's a subtle art - the decision in each individual case whether to use, or not use, the Oxford comma...

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      1. Nick Davis‏ @n_j_davis Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        People really, REALLY care about commas :o

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      1. Russell Findlay‏ @russellfindlay Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        I wonder whether, if commas didn’t count towards your character count on Twitter, they would be used more frequently? ,,,,,

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      1. mumbogumshoe‏ @mumbogumshoe Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        Never seen an example where this actually makes a difference in how a sentence would be understood by a reader. Context, or just the experience of living in a world where people usually don't talk to toast, takes care of it in 99% of cases. The rest could just be phrased better.

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      1. Alejandro Córdoba‏ @alejandrocz13 Jul 23
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        @cgztwfh

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      2. NinZ‏ @NinniLandin Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        @perlandin :D

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      1. James' dilly-dallies‏ @Unddillydallyin Jul 24
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        Lolz sure but if it's the case that people are genuinely getting confused on whether you might be addressing your soggy toast or not then there are bigger issues at play...either with them or you've given them reasons to not put that past you.

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      1. Dilo on Fire‏ @FireDilo Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp @SplendentSweven

        ...I still don't give a fuck about it 🙃

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      1. Gareth Inkster‏ @GarethJInkster Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp @macleod_alex

        @jmdevries23

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      1. Underground Town‏ @tonofbuns Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        A fun argument, the definition of contextual.

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      1. maws‏ @maws Jul 22
        Replying to @briandavidearp

        That's somewhat artificial

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