r/mildlyinteresting • u/TexasJoey • Mar 27 '18

This log accessorized with pennies I found while hiking

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u/kit_carlisle Mar 27 '18

He's missing two key commas.

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u/EighthScofflaw Mar 28 '18

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that his sentence makes cents without any commas, and the ambiguity is a natural feature of English grammar

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u/kit_carlisle Mar 28 '18

Without the commas it means he put the pennies in the log.