Dale Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Please someone tell me this so I can shut meleecrazy up. Which is the correct statement, just say one or two. 1. I have a backpack, a light, and a canoe. 2. I have a backpack, a light and a canoe. I say two, he says one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random_clown Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 First spell grammar right, then move on to step 2: putting the words together hehe It is 1 by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-Brake-4-Minotaurs Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Answer one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Yeah I did mispell Grammar, sorry. This all started because I told him that and or and a comma don't belong together, and he disagreed(as he always does). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Kid Wonder Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 The answer is 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warpnow Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Its debatable. Depends which generation you grew up in. First, they taught number one. Then, they moved to number two, saying that the and replaced the comma.(I learned in this way in elementary and middle school.) Then, my current school treaches it like number one. Plug em in any grammar check...neither is wrong, its just a change in generation and style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfeman Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I was taught that two was the way you would do it. Neither of them is wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5679 Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I've always learned that you use commas in all series and 1 before the and/or and you the only time you didn't put a comma before and in a series is when it is only two things. So, from what I've been taught. 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I looked it up, if it's items it gets a comma and and(makes no fricken sense to me) but anything else gets no comma with and. Both seem to be acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random_clown Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 To assist in the history of this I will post a site I grabbed real quick. It works better than me just telling you why, because who am I...some kind of clown? Yeah. http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/021201.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chayesh Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Number one is correct grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginig Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Note that neither are wrong, in the newer generation it is said that the original comma shows that it is a list of things, and there a comma before the final "..., AND" would show that it was a new sentence added in. A conjuction And in a way. That is why they modified that into the newer (without ,) personally i was raised with the comma before i got to high school so i stuck with the comma. But agian like everyone is saying they are both right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfrosto Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I like...learned that in a list of nouns, with an and before the last noun it goes comma noun comma noun and noun period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-D&Der Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 The comma is optional, but sometimes is necessary to prevent ambiguity, in cases where the last two items are not supposed to be read together. I brought bread, peanut butter and jelly. Versus I brought bread, peanut butter, and jelly. To prevent the possibility for misreading, some handbooks urge using the comma in all instances, even when it's not necessary. But it is not always necessary and for elegance and economy of style some choose to leave it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewGuy Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Well, in swedish the second would have been right and the first TOTALLY wrong. and the second sounds horribly wrong to me due to that. But then again swedish is a wicked language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 In Enlgand, Canada, Australia and any other Crown Colony and replaces the comma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatMike Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 That's why you're still colonies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunicant Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 If you don't put the comma it is assumed the items are grouped. eg A dog, a cat and a hat - would suggest the cat and the hat are one item together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goomf Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Newer generation = today's generation = today's rules = correct grammar. People are not going to say that slave owning is right. The newest rules are always correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeleeCrazy Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 This is just another example of how much me and dale disagree....sometimes just to disagree. I know that both circumstances can be used, depending on the situation. We bicker like simblings cus we've known eachother our entire lives. This is a good thing for us. FOr now on when Dale and I have an agrument about something pety like this, i'm bringing it right here so that you all can decide who is right and who is wrong. If nobody minds that is........ And just cus it's new doesn't make it right. I grew up with the old rule, and no teacher has ever said anything to me about this "new" rule, then again none of my teachers would have ever dared to question me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goomf Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Awww..it's a lover's spout. How adorable! Also, you may disagree with me, but correctness in matters of convention are usually decided by what's the newest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magick Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 FOr now on when Dale and I have an agrument about something pety like this' date=' i'm bringing it right here so that you all can decide who is right and who is wrong. If nobody minds that is........[/quote'] How about a pre-emptive strike on that one, eh? You're both wrong. Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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