At this point, I think it’s best to leave questions of comma placement and
readability to the discretion of the RFC editor.
I clearly lack the authority to officially declare October 25th as ABNF
Day, but I’ll honor it as such from now on. I look forward to celebrating
it (or not) with you in the
"for those that celebrate" should be offset by commas on each side,
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/punctuation-capitalization/comma-with-interrupters/.
The draft is correct in this regard.
I think many readers, however, will read "celebrate ABNF" (missing the
trailing comma) and get confused becau
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> Little attempts at satire, like this one, that poke fun at the occasional
> absurdity involved in standards development work help me keep it together
> in the face of the occasional absurdity.
I totally agree, I've always found the opportunities to add enjoyment to
the consuming of the specs
I have empathy for the difficulties of creating standards, Brian, and
would be OK with keeping it if for no other reason than your
wellbeing. If it were me, however, I'd remove it. If the reader misses
the comma after the word celebrate or isn't familiar with the phrase
(like me), it makes the sent
The phrase "for those who celebrate" there is a subtle attempt at a little
bit of good-natured humor. ChatGPT explains the general phrase thusly:
The phrase "for those who celebrate" is often used to acknowledge that not
everyone may participate in a particular holiday, event, or tradition. It's
a
