Thread: The best quotes ever

''The best cure for sea-sickness is to sit under a tree.''
- Spike Milligan

“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.”

Vladimir Lenin

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nice!

Originally Posted by jabir

Where are the TD grammar police? They should arrest that comma.

Originally Posted by OhOh

little thoughts, that pop up in the middle of a sentence,

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Yes. Two commas, to pick out a phrase, in the middle of a sentence. No problem with that.

??? Do you mean: There is English, and there are mistakes.

It's a straightforward compound sentence - S+V+I, C S+V+I; the comma before the conjunction separates two clauses in a perfectly standard way.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Interrupters are little thoughts, that pop up in the middle of a sentence, to show emotion, tone, or emphasis.

The weather I was happy to see was beginning to clear.

The weather, I was happy to see, was beginning to clear.

Those 'little thoughts' are called non-defining relative clauses.

Your comment is, as is your wont, completely irrelevant because there are no relative clauses in the sentence.

Betty is correct. There is nothing wrong with the comma placement in that meme.

Unless you’re inclined to read all the previous quotes ( that I ain’t gonna do ).

This thread is ratshit, with that, it’s good night from me, and it’s good night from him.

Originally Posted by Shutree

Where are the TD grammar police? They should arrest that comma.

Is it not from Oxford, in England?

Originally Posted by cyrille

Betty is correct. There is nothing wrong with the comma placement in that meme.

Similar grammar question to a previous one I had.

When I was learning English I believe I was told that there shouldn't be a comma before the word 'and'.

Is that correct? I believe it was a called a 'connective' word or similar. Bindewort or mot conjonctiv.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Similar grammar question to a previous one I had.

When I was learning English I believe I was told that there shouldn't be a comma before the word 'and'.

Is that correct? I believe it was a called a 'connective' word or similar. Bindewort or mot conjonctiv.

It was indeed taught to me that way many decades ago, I think it was one of those aspiring middle class things from that era. I got over it. There is in fact no absolute rule about it and there never was so far as I know. My original post was a piece of whimsy. I am not going to die in a ditch over a comma.
That said, I do prefer not to use a stop with 'and' in a short sentence. They don't sit well side by side. Longer sentences and lists with Oxford commas feel different. I don't know why, possibly someone can tell us.
To me, it is like wearing brown shoes with a dark business suit. Young people do it, there is no law against it, but I don't want to do it.

Back on topic:


“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”

― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Is it not from Oxford, in England?

No the Oxford comma is a very specific comma used in a series:

Please bring me a pencil, eraser, and notebook.

The comma after eraser is an Oxford comma.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

The comma after eraser is an Oxford comma.

Stupid comma

Originally Posted by Shutree

To me, it is like wearing brown shoes with a dark business suit. Young people do it, there is no law against it, but I don't want to do it.

I don't like black shoes.