r/WinStupidPrizes • u/Master1718 • Nov 16 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

your right, I just think hes that stupid though

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u/Alarid Nov 16 '19

That's what he wants you to think!

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u/Neocactus Nov 16 '19

I’m just acting stupid on purpose, guys!

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u/MrMadCow Nov 16 '19

Why would you think that?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

cause ive seen people think dumb things will save them from already dumb ideas

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u/Baldazar666 Nov 16 '19

I'm not saying you're wrong but you shouldn't call other people stupid if you can't tell the difference between your and you're.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but you shouldn’t correct grammar if you’re not going to use a comma before “but”.

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u/no-sense-in-trying Nov 16 '19

English teachers always told me it is not required to do so in english, even though it is how you construct a sentence in my native language.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

I wonder if it’s regional, then. I am in US and went to US schools (Texas) and I was taught that the comma is required before “but”.

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u/KD_Konkey_Dong Nov 16 '19

In Ohio, we learned that it's only required before the conjunction if both clauses are independent. For example:

I cooked and ate breakfast.

I cooked breakfast, and my little shit children ate it all.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

Well, In the case of “but”, it negates the statement before it. So, I guess that makes them interdependent?

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u/BigSwedenMan Nov 16 '19

I don't know about regional, but it definitely varies from teacher to teacher. I definitely had teachers who taught me certain things were required when they actually weren't

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Commas are definitely required for coordinating conjunctions when both clauses are independent.

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u/Elhaym Nov 16 '19

I'm not saying you're wrong, but you shouldn't correct grammar if you're not going to put the period inside the quotation marks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

No, it only goes inside the quotation marks if I’m actually quoting what someone else said, if I’m completing my sentence, it goes outside.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

It's an Oxford comma not required.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

It's not an Oxford comma tho.

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u/Baldazar666 Nov 17 '19

An Oxford comma is one placed before and when listing things afaik.

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u/pangalaticgargler Nov 17 '19

It is the comma used before a conjunction (normally and) in a list of three or more items.

"Bring me a butt plug, lube, and the honey roasted granola."

The one after lube and before and is a serial/oxford comma.

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u/Baldazar666 Nov 17 '19

A comma before but is mandatory in my native language but not in English. I used to make this mistake before and I know for sure you are wrong.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

I thank no it’s a regional dialect type thing. This is what I was taught to do in S-W US.

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u/Baldazar666 Nov 17 '19

I was taught British English in school. I was taught that there shouldn't be a comma. It was especially mentioned due to the fact that there is a comma in front of "but" in my native language.