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What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by thrawn21@beehaw.org to c/chat@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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[-] Oswald_Buzzbald@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I like commas. It conveys the need for a pause in the mental narration taking place as I read and write.

[-] MudMan@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, which is exactly why you don't need one to finish lists. It makes it sound like you forgot the last thing. "Peaches, pears... eh... and apples".

[-] RedditExodus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

In the case of the Oxford comma it's more to distinguish between items in a list that are combined by the "and" or items in a list that are separate items. It's not used to indicate a pause in this scenario.

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