RE: Take that, AP Style.

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Apr 20, 2017
11:41:58am

hxmCougar2000 All-American

RE: Take that, AP Style.

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hxmCougar2000

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Take that, AP Style.

cougfanblue Torpedo

4/20/17 11:19am

Think of all the money the Oxford comma costs companies in wasted time for unnecessary keystrokes.

foofcoug

4/20/17 11:20am

What if I don't want to?

cougfanblue

4/20/17 11:21am

Your loss.

foofcoug

4/20/17 11:22am

Think of all the time, energy, money and thought wasted on that tiny little dot.

4/20/17 11:24am

RE: Think of all the time, energy, money and thought wasted on that tiny little dot.

foofcoug

4/20/17 11:26am

not nearly as much as typing out two spaces after each sentence

cougarstolz

4/20/17 11:30am

^^ that's the REAL travesty.

Finngirl

4/20/17 11:34am

I am recovered from that. I did it for over a decade after a college english

Spine

4/20/17 11:39am

Nice!

Jay Rick

4/20/17 11:34am

RE: Take that, AP Style.

4/20/17 11:41am

It seems so obvious to me. Oxford should be the default unless

Jay Rick

4/20/17 1:57pm

I find the comma often overused, but I agree with using it before the "and" in

Scooter

4/20/17 11:44am

"Let's eat grandpa"

IndependentGeorge

4/20/17 11:55am

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