The Oxford Comma is a vital part of written communication.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 11:46 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday, June 12, 2022 04:37:03 PM [email protected] wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:07:01 -0400 > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Thinking about it -- I don't have a sig, I might make that my sig. > > > > > > I'm thinking about how to incorporate into it that very short videos > (15 > > > to 60 seconds, with a minimum of "chatter" by the narrator / "host") > can > > > be useful in some cases. (Just tell me (either in written text or in > > > the first 5 seconds what I should be seeing, then show me, maybe > > > summarize or repeat in slow(er) motion. > > Just wanted to try this out, an early attempt at a sig -- I will probably > continue to "wordsmith" it (I've made several variations already). > > Oh, I'm waiting for someone to ask about the Oxford comma -- when they do, > I'll point out that one company lost $10M due to a missing Oxford comma (I > can > provide a link to that -- I don't know if the case has been appealed to > the > Supreme Court), and missing Oxford commas may lead to cannabalism (didn't > look > for a link to that one -- judicious googling may lead to the humorous > examples > (I assume none are true ;-) that involve someone getting eaten or such. > > -- > A picture (or sketch, diagram, or chart) is worth a thousand words -- > divide > by 10 for each minute of (or audio) -- or, where feasible, create a > transcript > and edit it to 10% of the original! (Oxford comma included in this sig at > no > charge.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Rosegarden-user mailing list > [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user >
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