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|    Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    Re: Grammar in the Bar    |
|    09 May 24 14:32:48    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 663cb458       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 662f5380       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20240505       NOTE: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)       CHRS: CP437 1       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02       Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:              AS>> (142)[Tom] An Oxford comma hops, skips, and jumps into a bar.       AK> Tom's comma is probably also a yankee's comma. ;-) No       AK> comma in Oxford in the list before "and".              No, it is a genuine Oxford comma in mint condition, and I       use it in both English and Russian. All the items of an       enumeration shall be separated by commas lest the reader       mistake the last two items for one combined.              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 128/260 129/305 135/220 225 153/757 7715 154/10 214/22 218/0       SEEN-BY: 218/1 215 601 700 720 840 850 860 870 880 930 221/1 6 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 112 113 206 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 266/512 282/1038 291/111 301/1 113 320/219 322/757 335/364       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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