Qfwfq Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I guess you don't know the menu then! :shrug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwes99_03 Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I think the original question stems from journalism. American journalists (and perhaps others) had a nasty little habit of dropping punctuation and even letters and whole words to save space in their column. Thus a 250 word column was pared down to a 220 words with the snips of a few letters and punctuation marks here or there. I always use commas when listing things, emphasizing a change of thought, or for the extra pause that ones mind hops across when pondering why the writer used a comma there. Thus, you can more easily provide the proper emphasis on the proper word, or phrase, and get the jist of the thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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