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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.comics.strips Subject: Re: xkcd: University Commas Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:02:56 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: <d6adgjd9l48le0strbbjnaft7s8baeo71f@4ax.com> References: <ve473q$2aoce$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:02:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ef7b691e7b2fdca6e7c8b72b2b28f777"; logging-data="2849918"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+MPQCeeCUTMZYm4nrI8a9/ap7tl2KuS9c=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:YSaAxEAFnnvKUZ4EtEl/WQIVVAc= Bytes: 1599 On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 16:10:18 -0500, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: >xkcd: University Commas > https://www.xkcd.com/2995/ > >I like and use the Oxford Comma. > >Explained at: > https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2995:_University_Commas Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford Comma was used? That is, that it's presence or absence indicated if the last two items were /both/ required or only one was? --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"