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Janiny
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 Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:53 pm Post subject: The Walken Comma |
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I guess we're not permitted to paste image here any more. How about links?
No? Anyway, google this pic. It's hilarious.
http://i.imgur.com/ou1ewuX.jpg |
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johnslat
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This might be easier:
http://i.imgur.com/ou1ewuX.jpg
Regarding the Oxford comma:
I love my parents, my dog and my cat.
is mighty different from:
I love my parents, my dog, and my cat. 
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John |
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Janiny
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, John. 
So in the Oxford comma sentence. you'd be saying that your parents are your dog and cat?
If so, one can only hope the female parent is the cat. Otherwise, you'd be an S.O.B. 
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johnslat
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Dear Janiny,
Christopher Walken's one of my favorite actors. Quite a range: villains to screwball comedies.
Yup, in the first sentence, "my dog and my cat" is an appositive.
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John |
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Janiny
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johnslat
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Dear Janiny,
Not to mention, fly. Loved it.
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John |
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