Oxford Comma
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@will
Wish I could super like this and vote it straight to the top of rec league.
@riverbankx
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@curious
Do any of you have opinions on logical quotation (sometimes called "British style")? That is, to write "flow state", not "flow state." I want to super like that one. :)
@riverbankx
I’m having a crisis trying to think of my past usages of the different styles… I think if the punctuation is apart of whatever I am quoting, I will include it inside the quotation,but if not, I’ll use it outside.
I found this example:
#1: Yesterday, Bob told me, "The trees are orange."
#2: Yesterday, Bob told me, "The trees are orange".
I think I use #2, which is the British style, right? Which do you use?
@curious
Yes, exactly! #2. It makes way more sense to me.
@riverbankx
I guess it’s called logical quotation for a reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@curious
:) Once you've seen it, it's hard to unsee. Most US publications today still use style #1, alas.
@lidarichardson
Someone needs to defend em dashes next
@lidarichardson
Ok I did
@riverbankx
Yes!!! Preach sista
@angiemccanliessimonton
The Oxford comma is what separates us from the other animals. Life is chaos without it.
@roger
A somewhat different POV from Vampire Weekend. https://youtu.be/P_i1xk07o4g?si=HUF5YhLs-CkzLvQx
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