thrawn ( thrawn21@beehaw.org ) to ChatEnglish · 3 years agoWhat petty hill will you die on?message-squaremessage-square775linkfedilinkarrow-up1345file-text
arrow-up1345message-squareWhat petty hill will you die on?thrawn ( thrawn21@beehaw.org ) to ChatEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square775linkfedilinkfile-text
For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
minus-squareThurgo ( Thurgo@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 years agoI am technical writer and was doing some writing where the standard was to NOT use the Oxford comma and it drove me insane. It took like 6 months to unlearn using it.
minus-squareivanafterall ( ivanafterall@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoI had a similar experience. It always felt intuitively, almost morally wrong to be forced to write like that.
I am technical writer and was doing some writing where the standard was to NOT use the Oxford comma and it drove me insane. It took like 6 months to unlearn using it.
I had a similar experience. It always felt intuitively, almost morally wrong to be forced to write like that.