When Commas Are Life and Death

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My favourite comma use quote is this: “My three favourite things are eating my family and not using commas.”

I love how the lower court was like "well obviously the legislature intended to screw over as many workers as possible"

In Russia, there's a whole cartoon about a boy who doesn't care about grammar or school in general until he gets into a magic world where he gotta help those he meets and himself by correctly resolving the tasks that are actually school exercices. After some time there, for whatever reason, he gets imprisoned, and he gotta himself decide his fate by placing a comma in a verdict which roughly translates as "Execute not pardon", and, as you understand, the placement of comma after the first or the second word is literally a question of life or death. The cartoon is really popular, and the phrase "Execute not pardon" is known by roughly all Russian people.

My favourite comma poem: "Q: What is the difference between a cat and a comma? A: A comma is a pause at the end of a clause, where a cat has claws at the end of its paws." From an independent Irishman, Roger Casement is not forgotten.

“No, it’s like five Half as Interesting videos crammed into one.” Two and a half times as interesting

Watching legal eagle instead of studying for my EU law exam is my new hobby

I love this video! THANK YOU! Another good example is: A: "Bill, George, and I are going to the store." B: "Bill, George and I are going to the store." In example A, I am telling an unnamed fourth person (the reader/listener) that three people are going to the store: Bill, George, and myself. In example B, I am telling Bill that George and I (only two people) are going to the store.

i've always loved the example my teacher used for the importance of proper grammar.... "Let's eat, kids!" vs. "Let's eat kids!" The difference between a nice family evening and mass murder and cannibalism is a comma.

Game designer here with a horrifying fact: there are a solid chunk of designers who just forego commas in design docs in a lot of places, and leads just go like “it’s fine it’s still understandable” Hurts to no end

There was a great British book about punctuation called Eats, Shoots and Leaves. The title came from this story: a panda walks into a bar. He orders a sandwich. After finishing it, he produces a rifle that he fires into the air and walks out. As he's walking out, the barman asks him why he did that. "Look me up in the dictionary and you will find out." The barman looks him up: "the panda, bear originating from China, eats, shoots and leaves." Punctuation matters.

I show my daughter how important commas are by using the "Let's eat Grandma." sentence. I've never seen a kids laugh so hard!

IRS: You owe us income taxes. Taxpayer: Okay, how much do I owe you? IRS: That’s for you to figure out. Taxpayer: Oh, so I can just tell you any number? IRS: No. We know exactly how much you owe us.

"Excuse me, former President Trump. That felt good." Omg, laughed so hard at that.

“Needless to say, the case was bananas.” My client wishes to re-peel that statement.

I've always kinda felt like a weirdo using the oxford comma since practically no one else does but now I feel fully vindicated lol.

Oxford commas aren't always needed... but when they are, they save gallons of brain cells.

"And apparently the Internet is very, very divided on the Oxford comma. Half of the Internet likes to be wrong." 🔥 🔥 🔥 Roasted

So META and surreal when legal eagle and HAI reference each other in the youtube educational universe.

Here's how to settle the Oxford comma debate: Let me introduce you to my wife, my best friend, and my sister. Let me introduce you to my wife, my best friend and my sister.