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<p>I tried to be somewhat terse in my contributions to that thread. </p>
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<p>Hmm, still not sure I understand. I thought that I did, but then you said that you weren’t referring to appositives. But if you had, I would have said that they must be used in pairs for non-restrictive apposition that does not appear at the beginning of a sentence, as in:</p>
<p>“My only friend, Bob, is a tomato.”</p>
<p>In restrictive apposition, commas are not needed.</p>
<p>I feel like everyone on here is a girl- I didn’t think guys cared that much about their futures, etc. Well, I’m a guy, so I guess that stereotype doesn’t hold entirely true.</p>
<p>^As am I. Girls might care more, I guess, but not every guy is as nonchalant and disinterested in his future as one might think.</p>
<p>^^^Ah, thanks for the clarification! It was just bothering me a lot. Enough to disturb my dreams about Georgetown’s impending rejection. <em>basks in silverturtle’s intelligence</em></p>
<p>And just about everyone didn’t include everyone. ;)</p>
<p>^ To quote our venerable Vice-President: “This is a big ****ing deal.”</p>
<p>^^I’d rather quote his gleaming pate, which practically screamed “Look at me!” on the night the big O won the nomination. Guess hair plugs can’t hide everything after all. ;)</p>
<p>And J.B. = the coolest member of the current administration. Definitely. Those Colgate-commercial-ready teeth alone inspire awe.</p>
<p>^Who calls me villain? Breaks my pate across?
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<p>My grammar book says something like, if you have two sisters (like I do), then naming them does not require commas. If you have one, then you need commas, because your naming her is not a necessity. Or something like that. With more grammatical terms.</p>
<p>My sister Simone is 5’8.
My sister Alexis has a daughter.
^I wouldn’t need commas.</p>
<p>That’s what I hear.</p>
<p>Since we were talking about commas, and we’re waiting on Harvard, who loves the Harvard comma?</p>
<p>Pbbt. I’m a strict adherent to the Oxford/Harvard Comma. Don’t see what it gets so much flak for.</p>
<p>and I’m liking the love being given to Hamlet. +10 for Millincad.</p>
<p>Die Deutsche Komma ist für mich!!</p>
<p>Anonymous-yes, I definitely agree with you. It seems so many males frequent these forums. Also, it annoys me that everyone assumes that I am a guy; I have no idea where this is coming from…</p>
<p>^lol, you brought it upon yourself.</p>
<p>@Millancad–I do bite my thumb!</p>
<p>P.S. no offense, just couldn’t resist radiating some Shakespearean drama</p>
<p>Imagine if Harvard accidentally sent acceptance letters to all those it intended to reject and rejection letters to all those intended to accept (due to some gigantic technical fu** up). Now that would be a big *<strong><em>ing deal. Just imagine all the people with 3.5’s and 1850 SAT scores who would be ecstatic out of their mind only to get an e-mail an hour letter telling them that there was a technical mistake and that Harvard had accidentally rejected every 2400 IMOers who had an arm severed while they were in the process of writing their third New York Times Bestseller instead of rejecting the random dude who applied to Harvard on a whim. To be honest, madness would ensue. Yes, this entire post is extremely random but, I think at least, it is a big *</em></strong>ing deal.</p>
<p>@ClamzoniofRI: What’s the German comma???</p>
<p>+20 for mathsciencedude 'cuz that’s one of my favorite Shakespearean passages.</p>
<p>Ah, motion12345. Your mind is beginning to wander. Get some chamomile tea QUICK! before it’s too late. :(</p>
<p>I wonder if Clamzonio is talking about how they use commas as decimals?</p>
<p>^^Let us look each other in the face. We are Hyperboreans, we know well enough how far outside the crowd we stand.</p>
<p>@ Ksarmand: It’s used to before a grammatical conjunction that precedes the final country in a list of countries that you plan to invade. Ex: France, Britain, and Russia.</p>
<p>Motion, methinks your mind doth wander too much.</p>
<p>^^^Yeah, that’s what I thought at first too. Or is he/she(?) referring to something else?</p>
<p>Edit: nevermind. Thanks for the answer. 
Edit #2: Wait a minute here.
Used to do what?</p>
<p>^^^let us look each other in the computer and ponder how far outside of the computer we are…</p>
<p>@ Ksarmand: Check your sarcasm sensors. They may be malfunctioning.</p>