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• solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly I’m not sure if I’m critiquing widely accepted English grammar because it seems kinda like the serial comma (some use, some don’t), but I don’t know the name for it.

  The NY Times piece on commas doesn’t cite any sources and gives examples with and without based on Byzantine rules I highly doubt anyone follows, and the OWL doesn’t seem to cover this specifically.

  So… any idea what this particular type of comma is called that I’m wrong about but would like to persuade others that I should be right?

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  • humorlessrepost@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s called a vocative comma.

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    • solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks!

      I’m definitely arguing against standard rules then 🙄

      However, I’d say generally people write “Good morning John, please do this boring thing from last week”, instead of “Good morning, John, please do this thing”.

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      • humorlessrepost@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I don’t know, Carol.

        I don’t know Carol.

        It reduces ambiguity in some cases, but unlike the Oxford comma, it never adds ambiguity (I don’t think the inline signing of a letter ambiguity mentioned earlier is reasonable).

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  hey this is the internet we don’t care if its correct we care if it sounds

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  • humorlessrepost@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    we care if it sounds

    Fine, I’ll sterilize a ballpoint pen…

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      sterilize? well lah di dah your majesty

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