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  • Asked on July 19, 2021 in Grammar.

    This is often called the “super-comma” function of the semicolon: it acts as a higher “level” of comma to separate list items when at least one of the items contains a comma. I’ve used X=X* Y= Z.” about my order. I use Z and write the Z! 2.

    I arrange interviews through phone and film ; co-ordinate the editorial team’s travel ; and write blog posts, articles, and reviews of local events.

    (This should make it easier to see that you didn’t need the last “I” in your sentence, asJohn Lawler notes in his comment.) If you could mark “I” all the items as “must-be” you would be able to do at least one item. How can we practice the same construction with all three list items?

    Much of what is written before items in a list is a comma, and many times not, it ultimately boils down to taste and whether the style guide we’re working with requires it. If you don’t use the Oxford comma, you might be tempted to leave out the final semicolon in a sentence like the one above. Which is a bad idea. If you have a complicated list then try to include the first quarter of the sentence and try to not reread it several times.

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  • Asked on July 14, 2021 in Grammar.

    This is often called the “super-comma” function of the semicolon: it acts as a higher “level” of comma to separate list items when at least one of the items contains a comma. I’ve used X=X* Y= Z.” about my order. I use Z and write the Z! 2.

    I arrange interviews through phone and film ; co-ordinate the editorial team’s travel ; and write blog posts, articles, and reviews of local events.

    (This should make it easier to see that you didn’t need the last “I” in your sentence, asJohn Lawler notes in his comment.) If you could mark “I” all the items as “must-be” you would be able to do at least one item. How can we practice the same construction with all three list items?

    Much of what is written before items in a list is a comma, and many times not, it ultimately boils down to taste and whether the style guide we’re working with requires it. If you don’t use the Oxford comma, you might be tempted to leave out the final semicolon in a sentence like the one above. Which is a bad idea. If you have a complicated list then try to include the first quarter of the sentence and try to not reread it several times.

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    • 228 answers
    • 165259 votes
  • Asked on July 12, 2021 in Grammar.

    This is often called the “super-comma” function of the semicolon: it acts as a higher “level” of comma to separate list items when at least one of the items contains a comma. I’ve used X=X* Y= Z.” about my order. I use Z and write the Z! 2.

    I arrange interviews through phone and film ; co-ordinate the editorial team’s travel ; and write blog posts, articles, and reviews of local events.

    (This should make it easier to see that you didn’t need the last “I” in your sentence, asJohn Lawler notes in his comment.) If you could mark “I” all the items as “must-be” you would be able to do at least one item. How can we practice the same construction with all three list items?

    Much of what is written before items in a list is a comma, and many times not, it ultimately boils down to taste and whether the style guide we’re working with requires it. If you don’t use the Oxford comma, you might be tempted to leave out the final semicolon in a sentence like the one above. Which is a bad idea. If you have a complicated list then try to include the first quarter of the sentence and try to not reread it several times.

    • 448925 views
    • 228 answers
    • 165259 votes
  • Asked on July 7, 2021 in Grammar.

    This is often called the “super-comma” function of the semicolon: it acts as a higher “level” of comma to separate list items when at least one of the items contains a comma. I’ve used X=X* Y= Z.” about my order. I use Z and write the Z! 2.

    I arrange interviews through phone and film ; co-ordinate the editorial team’s travel ; and write blog posts, articles, and reviews of local events.

    (This should make it easier to see that you didn’t need the last “I” in your sentence, asJohn Lawler notes in his comment.) If you could mark “I” all the items as “must-be” you would be able to do at least one item. How can we practice the same construction with all three list items?

    Much of what is written before items in a list is a comma, and many times not, it ultimately boils down to taste and whether the style guide we’re working with requires it. If you don’t use the Oxford comma, you might be tempted to leave out the final semicolon in a sentence like the one above. Which is a bad idea. If you have a complicated list then try to include the first quarter of the sentence and try to not reread it several times.

    • 448925 views
    • 228 answers
    • 165259 votes
  • In his 1970 book Seize the Time, former Black Panther Bobby Seale attributes the term to slaves in the American South. He

    said, “I’ve seen and heard brothers use the word, five times in one sentence and each time had a different meaning and expression. This is to be seen.” Eldridge ran it down to me once….he said, “The word in my article is black, but I haven’t heard him use the word four more times, five times in one sentence

    Motherfucker comes from the old slave system and was a reference to the slave master who raped our women, which society today doesn’t want to face as a fact. If I know the introductory sequence about’man, let me tell you,’ see the following sentences. This motherfucker here went down there with his motherfucking gun, knocked down the motherfucking door and blew this motherfucker’s brain out. What makes them happy today? This shit is getting to be an motherfucker. Why

    don’t we say “” ‘”?

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  • In his 1970 book Seize the Time, former Black Panther Bobby Seale attributes the term to slaves in the American South. He

    said, “I’ve seen and heard brothers use the word, five times in one sentence and each time had a different meaning and expression. This is to be seen.” Eldridge ran it down to me once….he said, “The word in my article is black, but I haven’t heard him use the word four more times, five times in one sentence

    Motherfucker comes from the old slave system and was a reference to the slave master who raped our women, which society today doesn’t want to face as a fact. If I know the introductory sequence about’man, let me tell you,’ see the following sentences. This motherfucker here went down there with his motherfucking gun, knocked down the motherfucking door and blew this motherfucker’s brain out. What makes them happy today? This shit is getting to be an motherfucker. Why

    don’t we say “” ‘”?

    • 542623 views
    • 521 answers
    • 200469 votes
  • In his 1970 book Seize the Time, former Black Panther Bobby Seale attributes the term to slaves in the American South. He

    said, “I’ve seen and heard brothers use the word, five times in one sentence and each time had a different meaning and expression. This is to be seen.” Eldridge ran it down to me once….he said, “The word in my article is black, but I haven’t heard him use the word four more times, five times in one sentence

    Motherfucker comes from the old slave system and was a reference to the slave master who raped our women, which society today doesn’t want to face as a fact. If I know the introductory sequence about’man, let me tell you,’ see the following sentences. This motherfucker here went down there with his motherfucking gun, knocked down the motherfucking door and blew this motherfucker’s brain out. What makes them happy today? This shit is getting to be an motherfucker. Why

    don’t we say “” ‘”?

    • 542623 views
    • 521 answers
    • 200469 votes
  • In his 1970 book Seize the Time, former Black Panther Bobby Seale attributes the term to slaves in the American South. He

    said, “I’ve seen and heard brothers use the word, five times in one sentence and each time had a different meaning and expression. This is to be seen.” Eldridge ran it down to me once….he said, “The word in my article is black, but I haven’t heard him use the word four more times, five times in one sentence

    Motherfucker comes from the old slave system and was a reference to the slave master who raped our women, which society today doesn’t want to face as a fact. If I know the introductory sequence about’man, let me tell you,’ see the following sentences. This motherfucker here went down there with his motherfucking gun, knocked down the motherfucking door and blew this motherfucker’s brain out. What makes them happy today? This shit is getting to be an motherfucker. Why

    don’t we say “” ‘”?

    • 542623 views
    • 521 answers
    • 200469 votes
  • If you are eating ice cream, you are eating ice cream! You can also eat a cup of water, or soup, or a mixture of two. If your stomach can still tuck, you can also eat a cup of milk. Is it possible for “food” to be defined

    as “Food”?

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  • If you are eating ice cream, you are eating ice cream! You can also eat a cup of water, or soup, or a mixture of two. If your stomach can still tuck, you can also eat a cup of milk. Is it possible for “food” to be defined

    as “Food”?

    • 746738 views
    • 18 answers
    • 274990 votes