20 Jul
2023
20 Jul
'23
5:53 p.m.
>> So, I was an acquaintance of John Draper,
rather than a survivor, because
>>> I never work out.
>>> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
>
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2023, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
>> Very well then:
>> Survivors of John Draper and Grumpy Ol' Fred
> That implies that there are survivors of Grumpy
Ol' Fred!
> Have you been talking to my former students?
On Thu, 20 Jul 2023, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
Survivors of John Draper, and Grumpy Ol' Fred
Not sure if that is a bona fide example of the Oxford Comma at work, but
nonetheless I hope it clarifies the matter.
It's not exactly "the Oxford
comma",but it is a little clearer.
I am reasonably sure that there are no survivors of Grumpy Ol' Fred
Since there are a few people here with computer programming backgrounds, . . .
(Survivors of John Draper) and Grumpy Ol' Fred
works less ambiguously