21 posts tagged “indie music”
I'm in airy, spacey, lovely Berkeley, California.
I'm going on vacation.
I have a coin but no fountain.
In honor of my new role, as I advance in my career in the world of media & entertainment market research:
To the happy few...
I favor the Oxford comma. I think the Wikipedia example for and against the Oxford comma is hilarious:
Resolving ambiguity
Use of the serial comma can sometimes remove ambiguity. Consider an apocryphal book dedication:
- To my parents, Ayn Rand and God.
There is ambiguity about the writer's parentage, because Ayn Rand and God can be read as in apposition to my parents, leading the reader to believe that the writer refers to Ayn Rand and God as his or her parents. A comma before and removes the ambiguity:
- To my parents, Ayn Rand, and God.
And Oxford comma is also a great track off the new Vampire Weekend self titled album:
It is cold and rainy in Los Angeles. It is also cold everywhere in the U.S. - so this is global warming?
