Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Commas. There's a reason.

Seen in a chart:







Thank you, A!

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well since his offspring with his daughter may have serious medical issues, it's a good thing they live right next door where they can be carefully monitored

Anonymous said...

Let's eat Grandpa!
Let's eat, Grandpa!

Commas save lives, too.

--Queen Anne's Lace

Laura said...

See also:
Eats, shoots, and leaves.

vs.

Eats shoots and leaves.

Anonymous said...

That's illegal in most states.

MA said...

Reminds me of the old joke:

What's that on the road a HEAD or What's that on the road ahead?

Anonymous said...

At least he doesn't smoke. That's really gross.

Ms. Donna said...

Um Hmmmm. Tell that to J (Journalism) schools who teach the comma is an outmoded punctuation mark.

Anonymous said...

Clearly, his wife is a little too supportive and he's a little too independent.

Anonymous said...

This sounds like the Biblical story of Lot, with the alcohol, the daughters, and the wife who's a pillar of support.

Anonymous said...

I think he's out standing in his field, or left field, maybe, baby.

Candi said...

Speak, friend, and enter.

Speak 'friend', and enter.

Commas and other punctuation are important. [Insert media snark.]

a.generic doc said...

The family that plays together, stays together!

Moose said...

I see this kind of crap every single day. EVERY DAY.

The latest to drive me (further) insane is people who use "myself" as a primary pronoun, instead of "me" or "I."

Yesterday I was presented with:

"My boss is showing myself and another new hire around the office. Myself and the other new hire just started last week."

I wish I could find the person who sent that in, because I would have responded, "Myself needs to learn the English language."

Andy Syms said...

Incest! A new game brought to you by Waddingtons!

Bobbi said...

@ Moose:

No, the correct response would have been, "Yourself needs to learn the English language."

;-)

Anonymous said...

Incest, a game the whole family can play.

rapnzl rn said...

Kinda thinkin' the writer is the one who "drinks occasional alcohol". Obvious drain bamage...

Anonymous said...

This comma problem happens all the time when the ER enters someone's diagnosis. My personal favorite was "Can't eat diarrhea." Yeah, me either, but I don't go to the ER for it...

 
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