tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post3939389528684296729..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Oxford and vocative commas: reduxKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-91618936372076187272018-01-03T12:30:56.894+09:002018-01-03T12:30:56.894+09:00Yeah, I agree that it's better to be safe than...Yeah, I agree that it's better to be safe than sorry, so I reflexively use the Oxford comma.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-60045839186118632772018-01-03T11:05:07.834+09:002018-01-03T11:05:07.834+09:00I use the Oxford comma regularly, simply to avoid ...I use the Oxford comma regularly, simply to avoid confusion. True, there are times when it doesn't matter, but if you just use it all the time you never have to worry about confusing people. I mean, confusing them with comma usage, at least. There are plenty of other ways of confusing people that I enjoy greatly. (Relative clauses, for example.)Charleshttp://www.liminailty.orgnoreply@blogger.com