For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

  • MudMan
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    02 years ago

    The Oxford comma is bad. The “and” conveys the end of the list just fine.

    Gaming laptops are good and have been for decades.

    Soup is not food. If you spill your drink over my plate of pasta I call that a ruined plate of pasta.

    • NotAPenguin
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      02 years ago

      Speaking of commas & “and”, I hate that people refuse to use the word “and” in news headlines, they replace it with commas instead and it’s just a worse reading experience, I really don’t understand why this is a thing.

      • Osa-Eris-Xero512
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        02 years ago

        Because every character used to cost, both in page real estate and ink on page. Today, it still does in page real estate even if the bits that make up the page are basically free.

        • NotAPenguin
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          02 years ago

          Makes some kind of sense, I just feel like it hurts readability way too much to be acceptable.

          Like “Norway, Sweden makes energy deal with Denmark, Germany” is very hard to parse, reads like Norway is a place in Sweden and Denmark a place in Germany.