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MizPiz posted:wE dOn'T nEeD tHe OxFoRd CoMmA My blood feud with Vampire Weekend continues.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/elbusyo/status/1259162516598345728
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May 9, 2020 20:12
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how can anyone deny that this man is an artist
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May 9, 2020 20:20
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Counterpoint: Merri and Pippin fixed the Isengard problem because they got high enough to talk to trees.
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May 9, 2020 20:20
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1stGear posted:how can anyone deny that this man is an artist Passive aggressive checkmate
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May 9, 2020 20:28
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So it turns out that the TERFs don’t even believe their transphobic attack lines: https://twitter.com/goatsarah/status/1259185928930832386?s=21
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May 9, 2020 20:33
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https://twitter.com/_theghettomonk/status/1259134830102450181 https://twitter.com/ItsTheBrandi/status/1258979628254928897
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May 9, 2020 23:55
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TinTower posted:So it turns out that the TERFs don’t even believe their transphobic attack lines: “LGB Alliance” So it’s a tripartite pact.
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May 9, 2020 23:59
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MizPiz posted:wE dOn'T nEeD tHe OxFoRd CoMmA For that one, I'd break out the semicolons. Too ambiguous with just commas.
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May 10, 2020 00:11
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Arsenic Lupin posted:For that one, I'd break out the semicolons. Too ambiguous with just commas. Nah, "Saddam, his sons, Hitler, and Stalin" is pretty easy to parse. It'd work better as "Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam and his sons", though. Keep the subgroup after the and.
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May 10, 2020 00:47
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"Hitler, Stalin, and Sadam Hussein's family."
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May 10, 2020 00:51
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Saddam Hussein and Saddam Hussein’s Son and Saddam Hussein’s Other Son and Hitler and Stalin. There, no more ambiguity.
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May 10, 2020 00:57
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Saddam Hitler and his sons, Adolph Josef and Stalin, Hussein
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May 10, 2020 01:25
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Saddam, his sons, and the strippers, Stalin and Adolf
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May 10, 2020 01:34
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Saddam Hussein, his lovely wife Hitler and their bouncing baby Stalin.
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May 10, 2020 01:55
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Don't forget his wife, Hillary Rodham Hussein.
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May 10, 2020 02:15
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May 10, 2020 02:21
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While I enjoy this, it shouldn't be lost that there is a genuine pedo twitter the same way there's a left twitter and weird twitter.
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May 10, 2020 02:51
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Yeah dude I can identify anime
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May 10, 2020 02:54
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That’s what I like about JoJo: there’s no room for children only for MEN
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May 10, 2020 03:22
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christmas boots posted:That’s what I like about JoJo: there’s no room for children only for MEN Doesn't JoJo have an entire chapter about a monkey trying to molest an underage girl, complete with shower scene?
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May 10, 2020 03:27
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May 10, 2020 03:36
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MizPiz posted:wE dOn'T nEeD tHe OxFoRd CoMmA There is nothing inherently clearer about using the Oxford comma. The only way to actually avoid ambiguity in all cases is to read your sentence back and make sure you didn't say something dumb. 
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May 10, 2020 05:22
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Ariong posted:Saddam Hussein and Saddam Hussein’s Son and Saddam Hussein’s Other Son and Hitler and Stalin. Nice t-shirt
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May 10, 2020 05:32
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May 10, 2020 05:42
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Tiggum posted:There is nothing inherently clearer about using the Oxford comma. The only way to actually avoid ambiguity in all cases is to read your sentence back and make sure you didn't say something dumb. The 4th one doesn't parse at all in common English. I've literally never seen anyone write a clause that way. Ever. Even on the internet where bad grammar used to be both common and a point of adolescent pride. And some rando on Tumblr best known for contributing to Reno 911: Miami is not going to suddenly tell me otherwise.
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May 10, 2020 05:45
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mind the walrus posted:The 3rd one wouldn't parse because common English rules dictate that two nouns followed by a third are a list. That phrasing would parse if you used an em dash: "We invited the stripper--JFK--and Stalin." Otherwise the overwhelming majority of English readers would parse the clause as referencing three separate individuals. "we invited the clown, Gary, and his sister" please tell me definitively how many people there were
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May 10, 2020 06:06
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morallyobjected posted:"we invited the clown, Gary, and his sister" What's her name?
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May 10, 2020 06:07
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morallyobjected posted:"we invited the clown, Gary, and his sister" Four
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May 10, 2020 06:08
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lol at everyone trying to litigate the English language making sense English scoffs at your feeble attempts to enforce consistency
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May 10, 2020 06:12
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May 10, 2020 06:13
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This is reminding me of the guy I once knew who was opposed to singular they because if you knew two nonbinary people in a relationship then you wouldn't be able to say "their favorite movie is X" without ambiguity.
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May 10, 2020 06:15
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Memento posted:lol at everyone trying to litigate the English language making sense the only important rule in English is to ignore when people tell you there are definite rules like 99% of the time
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May 10, 2020 06:15
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I'm pretty sure the grammatical rule is you have to start with proper nouns then common nouns, unless there's a relation. So it would "JFK, Stalin, and the stripper/s" and "Gary, his sister, and the clown".
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May 10, 2020 06:19
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Except for I before E except after C. That one always works.
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May 10, 2020 06:21
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Beartaco posted:Except for I before E except after C. That one always works. You have clearly forfeit your right to a weird opinion. We'll be along to seize your computer shortly.
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May 10, 2020 06:25
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https://twitter.com/tinysubversions/status/1259195756906348546Beartaco posted:Except for I before E except after C. That one always works. Neither leisured foreign counterfeiter could attain either weird height without forfeiting protein. My neighbor's eight beige reindeer weight too much to be shipped by freight.
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May 10, 2020 06:27
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