There is no reason other than blind prejudice not to use serial commas. On the other hand, there are plenty of situations in which they are absolutely necessary for a sentence to make sense, so one might as well be consistent and use them all the time.
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Angus G - Jul 30, 2003 7:19:24 pm PDT #4420 of 10000
Roguish Laird
DCJensen - Jul 30, 2003 7:36:43 pm PDT #4421 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
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What's up with the lack of a serial comma?
To cause debate.
RobertH - Jul 30, 2003 9:11:01 pm PDT #4422 of 10000
Disaffected college student
It's also not a complete sentence
Not that I care. Well, not as much as I care about proper comma usage. Don't let any potential (or actual) visually-impaired Buffistas think the show is called Angelland, I implore you.
Angus G - Jul 31, 2003 5:25:48 am PDT #4423 of 10000
Roguish Laird
Why should it be a complete sentence? "All the news that's fit to print" isn't a complete sentence either.
Cindy - Jul 31, 2003 7:15:49 am PDT #4424 of 10000
Nobody
I'm getting "This page cannot be displayed" errors again, off and on. If I refresh, the board usually comes back, but not always. I'm not having the problem at other sites.
Typo Boy - Jul 31, 2003 7:22:44 am PDT #4425 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm having the problem at a lot of sites today. So it may be an internet problem. For example I can't the Washington Post at all today.
t On Edit
Just to be absolutely clear, I offer this as evidence that it may not be Buffista level problem, rather than as request Buffista volunteer tech support solve problems with the Washington Post.
meara - Jul 31, 2003 7:41:33 am PDT #4426 of 10000
Heh. Same thing I do often, though my ref point is usually Google, since I often have WashPost issues.
Today however, just Buffistas issues--was getting some page not found, then it totally went bonkers, and finally when I typed in [link] (omitting the www), it brought me here, but logged me out...
Jessica - Jul 31, 2003 7:47:52 am PDT #4427 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Me three. Generally happening on read new, or when posting.
Dana - Jul 31, 2003 8:23:56 am PDT #4428 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Seems to me like half the Internet is messed up today. I'm having a hell of a time connecting anywhere.
Wolfram - Jul 31, 2003 10:56:05 am PDT #4429 of 10000
Visilurking
Seems to me like half the Internet is messed up today.
Have you seen the Internet lately? I'd say that figure's closer to 90%.