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What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)

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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (39 children)

The Oxford comma is bad. The "and" conveys the end of the list just fine.

Gaming laptops are good and have been for decades.

Soup is not food. If you spill your drink over my plate of pasta I call that a ruined plate of pasta.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The Oxford comma is bad. The “and” conveys the end of the list just fine.

"We invited the strippers, JFK, and Stalin.": a guest list with three items.

"We invited the strippers, JFK and Stalin.": JFK and Stalin are the strippers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Great example 😆

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