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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 11

    What difference does a comma make? $5 million. Defenders of the serial comma (me included) are vindicated by legal settlement in Maine.https://nyti.ms/2Bkl3Ym 

    9:48 PM - 11 Feb 2018
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      1.  ✌🏻Socrates Foucault ❤️‏ @CwpFeed Feb 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        My doctorate was published with Oxford Commas, I had to change all 194, and now I understand.

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      1. Ban Candy Corn‏ @Alex_is_9 Feb 12
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        No Oxford Comma, no peace!

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      1. (((Shill for Science)))‏ @ShillForScience Feb 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        I, fucking, love, COMMAS.

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      1. Josh MacDonald‏ @RakushinCalgary Feb 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        But how is a semicolon the answer?

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      2. Matt Rockell‏ @mattrockell Feb 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Victory is ours, @Dominov!

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      3. Dominic Thurbon‏ @Dominov Feb 17
        Replying to @mattrockell @sapinker

        VICTORY!!!

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      1. Alexandria Lib‏ @evoneurality Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        @cjsotomatic

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      1. tony ridler‏ @tony_ridler Feb 12
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        The end of literature, is punctuated!

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      1. N.G.McClernan‏ @ngmcclernan Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        So the judge is as wrong as you.

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      2. Linda Connelly‏ @WriterConnelly Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        @WendyDelfosse

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      3. Wendy Delfosse‏ @WendyDelfosse Feb 12
        Replying to @WriterConnelly @sapinker

        😂

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      1. William Van Pelt‏ @WTVanPelt Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Now, I think we need to debate the meaning of the sentence with semicolons used instead of commas. Typical American response—go big, go wrong, just go big.

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      1. Álvaro Gutiérrez‏ @alvaroguva Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker @MiklosCseszneky

        Given the fact that ambiguities are possible with the Oxford comma that would be avoided without it, this is the first win by we the heretics who are in support the inconsistent use of commas in favor of clarity.

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      1. Franz P. Handermann‏ @RDT_Franz Feb 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        All for commas (in German you could say „Kommata“ 😏) but since I'm German the serial comma always looks weird to me 😳

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      1. Ian McCellan‏ @IanMcCellan Feb 11
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        I once one a case against an insurance company based on a semicolon. Proudest day of my life.

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      1. Philippa Painter Pay‏ @PainterPay Feb 11
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        Punctuation freaks rejoice. Serial comma lovers celebrate. Am enjoying this so much.

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      1. chaosinbalance ✈️‏ @realtimeliving Feb 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        😮

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      1. The Odd Lot‏ @The_Odd_Lot Feb 11
        Replying to @sapinker

        Sorry, just had to link this because no one else had:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4g …

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