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jdbernard
2476 days ago
Nice place for an Oxford comma.
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laumars
2476 days ago
I was thinking this too. I'm generally a big fan of the Oxford comma.
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hervature
2476 days ago
Just an fyi, Oxford comma only applies to lists of 3 or more. I think this is just a dangling modifier.
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mikeash
2476 days ago
This is a list of three: Whitson, his son, and his girlfriend.
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ant6n
2476 days ago
Girlfriend of the whitson or the his son?
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mikeash
2476 days ago
Beats me!
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lonelappde
2476 days ago
The Oxford comma isn't the issue here. The issue is that "his" binds both son and girlfriend, and therefore needs an "and" in front of it. It's not grammatical as is.
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rpmisms
2476 days ago
It would still read perplexingly. The Oxford comma isn't a tool for the inept; rather, the ept.
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Spare_account
2476 days ago
It's interesting how sometimes what appears to be a prefix, isn't.
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rpmisms
2475 days ago
That is an affront up with which I will not put.
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