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Old 07-19-2006, 10:45 PM   #34
Rock Steady
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Originally Posted by Jabbly
interestingly in primary school, the only place where grammar seems to matter these days, i was taught to NEVER use a comma before 'and'. i always feel rebellious if i write 'red, white, and blue' and it always looks wrong to me...
Yes, it looks wrong to me too. But, if Associated Press writes it that way, that becomes the standard.

I think it is really stupid. But, I do not stand in the way of a 100 year old company that writes 80% of the nation's news. That would be foolish.
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