“Oxford commas are like the Ugg boots of the punctuation world. People either love them or hate them or don’t know what they are.” Brittney notes that Grammarly is pro-Oxford comma, in part because many long-timers (“the OG Grammarly users”) have voiced fondness for it. “It’s ...
Without a comma after “shipment,” it’s the packing “for shipment or distribution” that’s not eligible for overtime—not the distribution itself. Only with a comma would “distribution” have been included as one of the series of activities ineligible for overtime. So: the law does not...
Vampire Weekend has it all wrong. The Oxford Comma (also called the Serial Comma) is indeed important – and it’s useful for writing clearly and directly, which is more than can be said for the hipster band’s song about this piece of punctuation. There are two ways to list various it...
I also mess where to put the commas in compound sentences—those that have two independent clauses within the same sentence. While the example above is not such case—it’s obvious the comma there is wrong—clicking the “Learn more” button...
The court followed a mandatory approach to interpret the statute's meaning, even though most contemporary grammar and style books make such use of a comma optional. One of the many benefits of using a case example to teach why grammar matters is that it focuses students on the expectations ...
This means it’s only going to wash you off with cool or cold water (depending on the temperature of your pipes). In other words, if your heart is set on a soothing warm wash, it’s not the bidet for you! Second, it only comes in an elongated seat size, so it won’t work if...
Is it bad to overuse semicolons? A Word, Please: Semicolons have two specific purposes,so don't overuse- Los Angeles Times. Are semicolons useless? Semicolons can separate independent clauses. Useless. ... But a period between independent clauses says, “Full stop. New idea.” A semi...
Oh, and then there are these things called possessive determiners (or possessive adjectives), which are pretty much the same as possessive pronouns: My, your, their, our, his, her, whose, its. I’m not going to focus on the difference between those two. I don’t want to say it doesn...
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could also mean that a law school admitted “more students who have the resources to avoid borrowing,” he wrote. “And to the extent the debt metric creates an incentive for schools to admit better resourced students who don’t need to borrow, it risks harming those it is trying to ...