That's, so interesting.
Image transcription: In the English language, you can use a comma, anywhere, in a sentence, and it, will still be, grammatically, correct,.
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Well, said, Captain,
Kirk.
and a semicolon is a status symbol, once used only by royalty.
False.
w,ow
C,orr,,e,ct
I,m,h,a,v,I,n,g,a,g,r,e,a,t,d,a,y
Well, yeah, but, readability, takes, a, hit,
Actually there are 8 basic rules to coma use.
Don't forget, William Shatner sang songs with lots of commas. Here is one of many. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdUMICxLXhM
it's more or less the same in Neolatin languages.
In German, the sentence would be really messed up.
tha'nk y'ou, LQF, you've made, my life, bet'ter,,,as long as, upside-down, com'mas, work, too
AGH, GOD, NO.
high quality fax
Or none. 🤷♂️
Well, said, Captain,
Kirk.
Victor Borge would be spittin'!
for, sure, 😉 ,👍
🥴
Let’s eat Alice. By Calvin Trillin.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Yeah, clearly, no wonder how I learned writing English in braille without being told about the semis