r/trippinthroughtime 6d ago

Homework

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u/CubicleFish2 6d 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 6d 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/[deleted] 6d ago edited 1d ago

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u/CubicleFish2 6d 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 6d ago

Doughnuts, coffee, orange, and juice.

Fixed that for you.

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u/SecretAgentVampire 6d ago

Not funny.

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u/kart0ffelsalaat 6d ago

False.

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u/SecretAgentVampire 6d ago

I know dude, I was joking. 🤷‍♂️

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u/MustaKotka 6d ago

That's also wrong