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On comma ground: Where the US English team stands firm
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American/US English conventions make more sense than their British counterparts. For some things, that is. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/04/on-comma-ground-where-us-english-team.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/10/wake-up-to-pinkers-wonderful-world.html https://stevenpinker.com/publications/sense-style-thinking-persons-guide-writing-21st-century https://style.mla.org/the-placement-of-a-comma-or-period-after-a-quotation/ #BritishEnglish #AmericanEnglish #OxfordComma #GrammarRules #ItvsThey
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