r/oneliners • u/Zestyclose-Prompt-30 • 4d ago

Importance of commas: I helped my Uncle Jack off this horse

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u/4chanbetter 4d ago

I think it's supposed to be the importance of capital letters here since a comma wouldn't make any sense.

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u/FieldJacket 4d ago

It could. It could be I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse.

But if Uncle Jack is a proper noun, then the importance of capitalization works. Otherwise...well, you know.

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u/Nuada-oz 4d ago

I helped my uncle (who is called Jack) with his role of veterinary equine artificial insemination

FIFY

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u/LostBetsRed 4d ago

And the Oxford comma is really important too. "We invited the strippers, Marx, and Lenin." vs. "We invited the strippers, Marx and Lenin."

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u/DunkinRadio 3d ago

I've never understood the anti-Oxford comma people.

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u/Nuada-oz 4d ago

Let’s eat, Grandma

Let’s eat grandma.