Grammar'd

#3 - roytmustang

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(08/19/2012)[-]

Took me 5 minutes to figure it out.

#21 - mainstreamusername

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(08/20/2012)[-]

Oh my God, I love you OP.

#43 to #21 - problematique

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(08/20/2012)[-]

How do you **** comparison?

#52 to #43 - eldinarcus

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(08/20/2012)[-]

Very carefully.

#39 to #21 - PartyPanda

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(08/20/2012)[-]

That list reminded me of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=32p8d6OudgU

#37 - ashekjam

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(08/20/2012)[-]

Who gives a **** about an Oxford Coma? Not this guy

#42 to #37 - anon id: 29ae55e4

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(08/20/2012)[-]

I dont get it

#44 to #42 - ashekjam

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(08/20/2012)[-]

I'm quoting a song (Oxford coma) by the band Vampire Weekend

#56 to #44 - anon id: 29ae55e4

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(08/20/2012)[-]

#14 - bigmanblue

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(08/19/2012)[-]

both of these sentences are incorrect for what they are displaying
the 1st
"we invited the strippers,JFK and Stalin"
this is correct if you mean that you invited some strippers as well as JFK and Stalin

the 2nd
" we invited the strippers; JFK and Stalin"
this implies you invited 2 strippers called JFK and Stalin

#18 to #14 - derpwolf

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(08/19/2012)[-]

That is incorrect. You can only use a semicolon to connect two sentences that would be full sentences on their own. It's used in place of other conjunctions, like 'and' or 'but'.

#34 to #14 - anon id: 82cc34a9

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(08/20/2012)[-]

We have a term for people that spectacularly fail at being a grammar nazi: Grammer Jew.

And you are a huge grammar jew that just got chambered.

#17 to #14 - Jevonsp

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(08/19/2012)[-]

Are you serious? that is exactly what they are displaying

#16 to #14 - anon id: a95eee4a

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(08/19/2012)[-]

#15 to #14 - bloodysita

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#50 to #14 - jettaelas

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(08/20/2012)[-]

#12 - stalinbecrazy

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(08/19/2012)[-]

Well stalin be crazy!

#10 - lamerduck

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(08/19/2012)[-]

im no English scholar but im about 95% certain the second part should be
"Without the oxford coma:
we invented strippers; jfk and stalin"

#29 to #10 - comradewinter

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(08/20/2012)[-]

I don't think it's correct to believe we "invented" strippers, JFK and Stalin.

#36 to #10 - anon id: cdc0623c

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(08/20/2012)[-]

You're right, you're no English scholar.

That will be all.

#57 to #36 - lamerduck

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(08/21/2012)[-]

invented or invited... that wasn't the fix. the fix was the semi-colon after.

#33 - corundum

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(08/20/2012)[-]

It really is a good idea do use that. A lot of people think it looks stupid, but things sound like there should be a comma there when it's spoken.

#23 - kinglobster

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(08/20/2012)[-]

Let's eat out, mom.
Let's eat out mom.

#24 - commentfavourer

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(08/20/2012)[-]

took me a while to figure out the strippers were stalin and jfk
i'm a ********

#19 - smokedmeatlog

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(08/20/2012)[-]

i thought you used a : not a , there

#22 to #19 - dolmandabean

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(08/20/2012)[-]

i thought semi-colon, as it's a start of a list? no?

#25 to #22 - keiishiyama

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(08/20/2012)[-]

No, not a semi-colon. That functions as a period would.

#30 to #25 - rollertoaster

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(08/20/2012)[-]

Doesn't the semi-colon substitute for a comma and a conjunction?

#31 to #30 - keiishiyama

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(08/20/2012)[-]

Yes, but the function of a semi-colon is the same as a conjunction: to lead into something that, on its own, could be a complete sentence.

Like this:
I eat beef. It is tasty.
I like beef, and it is tasty.
I like beef; it is tasty.

#32 to #31 - rollertoaster

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(08/20/2012)[-]

Ah. Thank you for clarifying.

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