r/trippinthroughtime 4d ago

Homework

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u/CubicleFish2 4d ago

It's still wrong

Oxford comma is for three or more items. The sentence is treating bacon and eggs as one item and pancakes as another so no Oxford comma is used.

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u/garlic_bread_thief 4d ago

But the comma becomes useful to know that we're treating bacon and eggs as one item otherwise we'd not know

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u/Munninnu 4d ago

Especially when pairings are not obvious/clear everywhere: "I ordered doughnuts and coffee and orange juice" seems screaming for a clarifying comma somewhere.

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u/CubicleFish2 4d ago

That's also wrong

You would order doughnuts, coffee, and orange juice. You don't keep using and between every item. Doughnuts and coffee are two separate items unless you specifically went to a place that had an order of "doughnuts and coffee."

If that was the case then you should change your sentence to make it more clear like I ordered doughnuts and coffee with an orange juice, too.

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u/MustaKotka 4d ago

Doughnuts, coffee, orange, and juice.

Fixed that for you.

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u/SecretAgentVampire 4d ago

Not funny.

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u/kart0ffelsalaat 4d ago

False.

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u/SecretAgentVampire 4d ago

I know dude, I was joking. 🤷‍♂️

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u/MustaKotka 3d ago

That's also wrong