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02 Nov 2011, 7:38 pm

i thought you weren't sposed to use commas after the 'and' when listing

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02 Nov 2011, 7:39 pm

OneStepBeyond wrote:

jerks!

@Obres:

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02 Nov 2011, 7:49 pm

OneStepBeyond wrote:

i thought you weren't sposed to use commas after the 'and' when listing

As in you're listing three or more things?

Like:

I need to buy oranges, apples and cocaine.

Versus:

I need to buy oranges, apples, and cocaine.

That comma is called a serial comma. British English tends to leave it out. I think Americans tend to use it. Both are correct.

Um. Feel free to PM me if you have more grammar questions! Don't want to hijack a thread. My original post was just delicious irony.

Ninja Edit #1: Clarification!

Using "and" when listing two things, you don't need a comma. But in the above-above case, "and" was used as a coordinating conjunction between two independent clauses, which needs a comma.

Pirate Edit #2: Yeeeesssh! I feel like a jerk-muffin for all this grammar mumbo-jumbo.

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02 Nov 2011, 8:45 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

And I was told that since I am middle-eastern, that should automatically put me higher in the jerk hierarchy.

Whoever told you that? I never said that.

Yeah, I'm definitely a jerk. I'm sure the OP would agree with that.

Shouldn't this thread really be called "The Jerk-Off League"?... or no?

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02 Nov 2011, 8:49 pm

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02 Nov 2011, 9:29 pm

OneStepBeyond wrote:

i thought you weren't sposed to use commas after the 'and' when listing

it's call an Oxford Comma:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4g[/youtube]

(warning for the chilluns: some foul language, though only in the chorus)

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03 Nov 2011, 11:36 pm

Only on a forum full of autistics can a celebration of jerk behavior rapidly degenerate into Ode to an Oxford Comma.

Just make sure to never confuse an Oxford Comma with an Oxbridge Commie.

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04 Nov 2011, 1:47 am

Where is the line drawn?

I'm unquestionably an abrasive s**t talker, but that behavior is very selective and I try to be decent whenever possible.

Whatever screw it, I am an a**hole, but I've never in my life attracted a girl for any reason besides being nice.

Maybe I am "fake", but if that's the case the direction in which I am "fake" is a mystery even to me.

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04 Nov 2011, 1:57 am

Because of my experiences growing up, actual jerks would have 0 chance with me.

Haha no jerks have ever even made the attempt though...

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04 Nov 2011, 11:59 am

due to attending an abismal school my punctuation knowledge is slightly lacking. i once shocked an university professor with my use of an apostrophe

i should've quoted someone before saying that so i made more sense, but i can't really be bothered

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04 Nov 2011, 1:51 pm

OneStepBeyond wrote:

Abysmal

Note: Since this is the jerk thread, I'm limiting all my jerky correctingness to this thread!

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04 Nov 2011, 1:53 pm

I wanna be a jerk!

How do I get started?

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04 Nov 2011, 1:59 pm

huh? what?

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04 Nov 2011, 2:07 pm

Grisha wrote:

I wanna be a jerk!

How do I get started?

I think correcting grammar and spelling is jerky.

But let's take it one step beyond! Let's correct sentence structure, eliminate useless helping verbs and get rid of passive voice!

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04 Nov 2011, 2:10 pm

Grisha wrote:

I wanna be a jerk!

How do I get started?

Well apparently Obres and I are jerks so you could try emulating our jerk behavior

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04 Nov 2011, 2:12 pm

heckeler06 wrote:

Grisha wrote:

I wanna be a jerk!

How do I get started?

I think correcting grammar and spelling is jerky.

But let's take it one step beyond! Let's correct sentence structure, eliminate useless helping verbs and get rid of passive voice!

so the passive voice and helping verbs will be gotten rid of?

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