Sujet : Re: xkcd: University Commas
De : mjackson (at) *nospam* alumni.caltech.edu (Mark Jackson)
Groupes : rec.arts.comics.strips rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 10. Oct 2024, 01:24:27
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Organisation : Bureau Central de Recherches Surréalistes
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On 10/9/2024 5:46 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-10-09 16:24:37 +0000, Mark Jackson said:
On 10/9/2024 12:02 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford
Comma was used?
>
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd/index.html
There are probably many many more too. Lawyers, especially the scumbag ones, are always looking for some miniscule flaw
. . .such as "what is the actual meaning of the law as written?". . .
to get their own side a "win". :-(
-- Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/ Aristotle thought man was the "rational animal" (remember this was before social media) - Corey Mohler