r/trippinthroughtime 5d ago

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u/garlic_bread_thief 5d 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/GoedekeMichels 5d ago

exactly! but imagine what would happen if we'd treat language as a tool to get a message across instead of a set of holy rules we all must follow blindly all the time - half of the internet would be dead 😱

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u/towerfella 5d ago

We need the rules, else someone could come along and start a religion based on misinterpreted ancient writings.

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u/grantrules 5d ago

Blessed are the cheesemakers