• NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      AI sales startup Never claims customers it doesn’t have for software that doesn’t work

      See how that risks getting really confusing without commas or quotes?

      They’re called appositive commas and they surround “not essential” add-on information. The name of the startup here is not truly essential, it’s added just for color (pretty sure nobody’d think, “oh, a typo” if they wrote “12x”).

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        29 days ago

        wow! imagine if this post was funny, informative, or even fucking correct at all

        I notice you didn’t give an example of the title with appositive commas though. maybe because it flows like shit?

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          29 days ago

          or alternatively, and hear me out here

          lecture me on fucking grammar again like a mediocre grade school teacher and get banned

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            29 days ago

            I’m assuming you’re a mod or admin here? I’m surprised you took my explanation as lecturing… I was merely explaining in what way that title is wrong when you mocked my comment. No offense meant.

            Stand up straight when I’m talking to you!

            I never knew you were a person who wielded a lot of power here. I’m glad you mentioned that, as anyone with confidence in themselves should.

            If I catch you missing another capital letter or punctuation mark, you’re off to the principal, you hear me?

            Please accept my apologies and hope that we can overlook this momentary lapse on my part. Please, no ban?