tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post9191739679779712055..comments2024-03-28T20:37:08.491+11:00Comments on The Audient: A Stupid use of commasDerek Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-43837882263053854392015-03-16T07:30:59.991+11:002015-03-16T07:30:59.991+11:00Thanks for the comment S_S! (And to you as well Tr...Thanks for the comment S_S! (And to you as well Travis -- no idea how I failed to reply to this years ago.) <br /><br />I must say, the comma after Yesterday in that example does not bother me terribly. I am always seeing examples of terrible comma use that drive me crazy, though. Here's one I saw recently. "Sitting on the stoop was a little, yellow box." That's adhering to what you perceive to be the rules way too closely. I was trying recently to describe to someone why you wouldn't include the comma there, and the best I could come up with was because both adjectives are essentially objective - there was no way to argue that the box was either little or yellow. Whereas if it were "Sitting on the stoop was a weird, unhappy box," you'd include the comma because both "weird" and "unhappy" are more subjective. What should my real argument have been to someone who doesn't get it?Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-31635196475719472062015-03-15T10:44:18.678+11:002015-03-15T10:44:18.678+11:00Thank God somebody else understands how to use com...Thank God somebody else understands how to use commas properly, and that adjectives can modify each other as well as being individually in apposition to the one fucking noun.<br /><br />If I see one more wanker saying something like:<br /><br /><i>Yesterday, we picked apples in Farmer Bailey's orchard ...</i><br /><br />then I do believe I will lose my mind.<br />Syntax_Spasticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-20368009585812521572011-08-02T01:29:38.458+10:002011-08-02T01:29:38.458+10:00Actually, you're supposed to separate two cons...Actually, you're supposed to separate two consecutive modifiers with a comma. Ergo, the title really ought to be <i>Crazy, Stupid Love</i>. I do appreciate your "crazy stupid" characterization, though. I don't get to explore such semantics all that often in a world that can't even get "your/you're" right half the time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381792002836474683noreply@blogger.com