Transcription:

With the Oxford comma:

we invited the strippers, jfk, and stalin.

[A picture showing a cartoon image of 4 people. JFK, Stalin, and 2 strippers.]

Without the Oxford comma:

we invited the strippers, jfk and stalin.

[A picture showing a cartoon image of 2 people. JFK and Stalin, both dressed in the same stripper outfits as the strippers in the above image.]

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The Oxford comma is the difference between helping my uncle Jack, off his horse and helping my uncle Jack off his horse.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      'fraid not. That comma isn’t an Oxford comma. Also, the first example needs a comma both before and after Jack, because the commas are parenthetical commas.