I could use german grammar to set the commas, but then I would have probably 10 to many for English grammar. So I tend to use less in English.
Comment on Germans: what genocide?
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months agoComma rule in German is so fucked that normal humans just give up and never use any.
Johanno@feddit.de 2 months ago
verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
None of those sentences needed commas, they’re just not constructed very clearly.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I, as a German, asked an expert on that topic: ChatGPT. According to ChatGPT, there is no genocide if you don’t kill them with the intention to wipe them from the planet. So, if for example you drop accidentally poison into their water because you mixed the botox and sugar bottle in the water station, then even if they all die it is not a genocide.
And since ChatGPT is infallible, this is the only truth.
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Six commas, colon, capitalization, “infallible”. Infallible like my editing 🤓 & dunt u disagreeme
verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Okay, yes, those are all valid places to put commas, good job. None of them are grammatically necessary.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Good point!
Interesting, anywhere I can read about grammatically necessary vs. recommended yet unnecessary commas? (Perhaps on the first search result for that question heh)
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I’ve counted 6 missing commas.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Comma rules in German are logical and follow set rules. When I asked my English teacher about comma rules in English, she said she’s not teaching them cause they’re too complicated.
When I asked my English teacher during my foreign exchange year in the US, she basically said the same.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
As a native English speaker, I barely understand comma rules either. The only person I know that I would expect to always get commas right has a Master’s degree in English. The extremely oversimplified rule I was taught as a young child was to add a comma anywhere you would naturally pause while speaking. Doesn’t always work, but it works well enough.