Hug your local Grammar Nazi

[GILD]

Ah, sounds like a good dose of common sense.

Which, sadly, isn’t nearly as common as it’s name would seem to imply.

[Into_the_blue]

@rob.northcott

One thing that particularly caught my attention was the use of commas in a list. I was always taught not to put a comma before the “and” at the end of the list (e.g. sausage, egg and chips), but that link suggests that it should be there (sausage, egg, and chips). Have things changed since I was at school, or is this an American peculiarity, or was my teacher just wrong?

Nope, I was taught the same thing.

No bacon or mushrooms though?
What kind of fry-up do you call that?

[Hung_Like_Saddam]

hugs maestro8

There you go.

[Borges]

@maestro8

I find it odd that people turn down free knowledge. Whereas auto mechanics and doctors are routinely pestered by family and friends for free advice, no one ever bothers the Grammar Nazis. Why is this?

There are three kinds of people:

• Those who make the mistake of thinking they're actually pretty good at writing, despite a few grammatical errors here and there.
• Those who make the mistake of thinking they are actually pretty good at writing because they don't make grammatical errors.
• Miss Ayelery (and present company ofcourse ;)).

None of them think they need a friendly neighbourhood grammar nazi.