Post History
English grammar is anything but black and white. Everything is debatable, even the definition of "word". Punctuation is not grammar. This is a punctuation question, not a grammar question. Your pu...
Answer
#4: Attribution notice removed
by
System
·
2020-01-03T20:41:54Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/29245 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#3: Attribution notice added
by
System
·
2019-12-08T06:46:24Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/29245 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
by
System
·
2019-12-08T06:46:24Z (over 4 years ago)
1. English grammar is anything but black and white. Everything is debatable, even the definition of "word". 2. Punctuation is not grammar. This is a punctuation question, not a grammar question. 3. Your publisher probably has a preferred style guide that they want their authors to use. 4. Everything is negotiable. Negotiations are all about who has the most clout. If you say, "Use the Oxford comma or I take this to Penguin," then if they say "Don't let the door hit you on the way out," you know who has the most clout in that relationship. Cormac McCarthy uses unorthodox punctuation. Cormac McCarthy has clout. Depending on the potential of your book, you may or may not have clout. Or they may just not care whether you use the Oxford comma or not. 5. Oxford comma FTW.
#1: Imported from external source
by
System
·
2017-07-16T15:18:32Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 88