<p>I’m known as the girl whos small but mighty
it gets annoying after a while
especially since I’ve been in my school for about 5 years already</p>
<p>Steak is dead cow. Meat is murder.</p>
<p>Not using an Oxford Comma looks dumb. And lists don’t read smoothly without it.</p>
<p>Also, the English language does not primarily consist of Latin words. A plurality are German, I think, but it’s really quite mixed, and has been influenced by a large variety of languages. A lot are Latin but via French.</p>
<p>“Where did you go on your vacation?”</p>
<p>“I went to San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.”</p>
<p>If the Oxford Comma is optional, how many places did I just say I went to?</p>
<p>Two 10 char. </p>
<p>I was always taught to put a comma before the and</p>
<p>I thought English had a lot of French also. The Queen’s English (British English) has spelling similar to French words. American English is very simple in spelling.</p>
<p>^I thought you put the comma after the and.</p>
<p>Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend says it all.
Just kidding. I was taught to put a comma after the “and”. I don’t think it looks right or sounds the same when you take away the comma. It’s needed, for the most part.
But that’s just me, I’d like to stay as close to the earlier language as possible. When I was younger, and people used to forget the comma after the end, I would get really confused because its how I was taught.
So I have a question; In America, is the oxford comma a necessity? Is it a rule in the “American” English book? (Haha) I’d like to think so, but does anyone know for sure?</p>
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<p>The panda^^^</p>
<p>i agree with nadizzle lol vampire weekend got it right</p>
<p>but in relation to this thread… i guess my rep is the girl who does a little bit of everything and therefore has no remaining sanity. or the nerd. lol.</p>
<p>STOP TAKING OVER MY THREAD!!! uhh</p>
<p>So… who likes grammar?</p>
<p>Not me. I’m really not a fan of it. Some things just never made sense to me, like many grammar rules. </p>
<p>I hate when people say ALOT, “alot” does not exist, its “a lot”.</p>
<p>go away!!!</p>
<p>I hate the overuse of like.</p>
<p>I decided to count one time the amount of likes someone said…</p>
<p>I missed the first 100+ or so.</p>
<p>The ones I did count… 54 in a matter of 2 minutes.</p>
<p>I say like often when I have a speech and I didn’t think it over. But, I’m usually good at speeches anyway. I wish I can think of a better filler, because silence can sound weird.</p>
<p>I mean the occasional use is fine. But it was every other word. And this was a 10 minute presentation.</p>
<p>Yea, I know what you mean. Its worse when they use the whole gang (umm, uh, so, you know), very irritating.</p>
<p>@MIT I know I like hate when people like use like all the time. Its like *** like get a life. Its like SUPER like annoying like foreal. Don’t you like agree with like me?</p>
<p>^lol You sounded like a stereotypical Valley Girl.</p>
<p>^^^ This presentation had the whole gang.</p>
<p>and I’m supposed to write a thing for improvement, while being “gentle”.</p>