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[pplpilot]

I may be wrong but I am pretty sure there are more important things for the BBC to report, and for those that have gone out of their way to express annoyance about it really do need a reality check and/or a good swift kick up the arse!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26351494

 

[Peter Armstrong]

Grama polce, oo caress ith a threw wurds arr wong.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Perhaps it's a comma that doesn't want to get wet.

 

[Chromatic]

That's not all that is wrong with it, it should say 'owing to its structural instability' not 'due to...'

 

[Melonfish]

the oxford comma, the only thing stopping families murdering each other.
Lets eat grandma!
Lets eat, grandma!

 

[benb]

the oxford comma, the only thing stopping families murdering each other.
Lets eat grandma!
Lets eat, grandma!

That's not an Oxford comma.

 

[User169]

The case for the oxford comma:

 

[pplpilot]

 

[pplpilot]

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/02/20/7-reasons-why-grammar-nazis-should-never-eat-out/

 

[User169]

That's brilliant!

 

[raleighnut]

Uncle Frank got a whole album out of it. Saw the Dweez play it in its entirety couple of years back at the DeMontfort hall
Sun 27th Nov 2011 best 28.50 I ever spent!

 

[snorri]

I would be more concerned at the extravance of having two signs side by side giving the same information from Oxfordshire CC.
If in doubt it is usually possible to reword a sentence in order to avoid the need for an apostrophe, I do it every day.

 

[Melonfish]

That's not an Oxford comma.

well spotted, you passed the test

yeah it should be "For breakfast i had eggs, toast, and orange juice"
rather than "for breakfast i had eggs, toast and orange juice"

because talking to your toast and orange juice makes you look odd.

 

[Brandane]

Well Im annoyed at they're bad grammar and wrong use of apostrophe's, its' outrageous.

 

[Brandane]

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It works though, with an American accent! To his credit, he managed to spell USA..