Comments | fandom_grammar: Grammar 101: Punctuation, Part 1

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Grammar 101: Punctuation, Part 1

Mar 13, 2009 21:55

...with examples from Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Bones, NCIS, Psych, Burn Notice, Angel, and The Vlogbrothers...

( Periods, question marks, exclamation points, semicolons, and colons... )

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Comments 8

roadrunner1896 March 14 2009, 10:09:26 UTC

Who can resist vlogbrothers examples. :D

This is a lot to take in and I will certainly break lots of these rules in the future. Especially the comma in front of an "and" when I list things, cause I was so often instructed that we should not do that.

skroberts March 14 2009, 13:48:57 UTC

:D

Actually, using or not using that comma is a style choice. Either is technically correct, you just need to stay consistent. ;)

roadrunner1896 March 14 2009, 14:41:35 UTC

That probably doesn't apply to all the other commas, does it? It would make my life so much easier if I could just choose to not have style in regards of commas. ;)

skroberts March 14 2009, 14:45:16 UTC

Nope, that only applies to serial commas. :P

alicambs March 14 2009, 13:54:26 UTC

I think the comma in front of an 'and' when listing items is an American usage. You don't see it in use here (UK) - it would be considered unnecessary.

skroberts March 14 2009, 14:23:03 UTC

That seems to be the case. ;)

theemdash March 14 2009, 17:28:59 UTC

Even in the US it's more an issue of style than a rule. Please see our feature on the serial comma for more details.

frohike March 16 2009, 09:03:15 UTC

You said we can do something, and it's something I already thought I could do.
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