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Moderator
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I received this this book yesterday!  It was a surprise gift from our friend Commens, to whom I am very grateful.   I will forgive the omission of the serial comma in the title.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
828 Posts |
Very nice Christmas present.
Now we expect a full book report after you've read it.
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 United States
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I was planning on it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very, very nice. Quote:
Now we expect a full book report after you've read it. Complete with footnotes, graphs, charts, and no less than 10 direct quotations...if you want an A+  Quote:
I will forgive the omission of the serial comma in the title. This puzzled me. So I asked my grammar encyclopedia (wife). Shea said an Oxford comma is optional, especially in journalism. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Ooooh, very nice!  What a perfect gift for you. Quote:Shea said an Oxford comma is optional, especially in journalism. Unless her name is "Shea", it's a good thing your wife is the grammar encyclopedia. Though I've also been taught that it's optional, I've always left out the comma before the "and" in a series. |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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The book seemed like the perfect gift for CCF's biggest Ike fan! I had no choice but to get it for him!
I look forward to reading jbuck's report on the volume.
PS: I'm also a follower of the "no comma" movement!
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Shea said an Oxford comma is optional, especially in journalism. This is true. It is suggested that its only mandatory use or omission should be to avoid ambiguity (it can go both ways). That is, if a sentence is ambiguous without it, add it. If it is ambiguous with it, leave it out. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Excellent gift! Very nice and very fitting  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Unless her name is "Shea", it's a good thing your wife is the grammar encyclopedia.  Oh those typos... no, her name is not Shea.  How ironic ... I need new typing fingers I think. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All in good fun... I definitely make my share. |
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United States
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I found some time to start reading my book, but did not finish it yet.  There are three sections. The biography is the biggest part, which I was able to finish before my son came home. It was pretty good, easier to read than Wikipedia. The last two sections are about the dollar coin and the stamps. I could have finished it last night, but I do not want to rush though them. |
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