[Ads-l] Oxford comma

James Landau 00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sat Aug 31 21:56:32 UTC 2024


Sign in a local gym:
"Lunk (n) someone who grunts, drops weights or judges"
I'm afraid that I try to interpret this as "drops weight or drops judges", that is, the verb-noun following the comma suggests verb-noun-same verb-noun.
James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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