Out of Context Comics

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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

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I'll show those fools at the academy who said I would go on to do great things! (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago by FlyingSquid to c/outofcontextcomics

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[–] Volkditty 9 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure that having only one comma in that sentence is grammatically incorrect, but I don't feel confident enough to be pedantic about it.

[–] TheTechnician27 11 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

You're correct; "my friends" should be bookended by commas.

[–] VindictiveJudge 2 points 12 hours ago

There are actually two commas in there, and adding just one is still one too short. The original is:
"This, my friends is the substance that, injected intravenously turns women into cats!"

The sentence should be:
"This, my friends, is the substance that, injected intravenously, turns women into cats!"

[–] Volkditty 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

See, this is why I hedged my bets. That wasn't the comma that threw me off. I didn't even see that one on first read-through. I was focused on the "the substance that, injected intravenously, turns women into cats!"

[–] TheTechnician27 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yup! And "injected intravenously" could actually be done one of two ways: with commas (incorrectly done here) or with en- or em-dashes. For example, "the substance that – injected intravenously – turns women into cats!" (en-dashes) or "the substance that—injected intravenously—turns women into cats!" (em-dashes) are both valid. I often tend to prefer en-dashes because I think they're easier to read than em-dashes and put more emphasis than commas on the idea that this is a bit of an aside. I think commas are just a bit too overloaded and that en-dashes add more flexibility to grammar.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 11 hours ago

I think commas are just a bit too overloaded and that en-dashes add more flexibility to grammar.

You are the first person I have ever seen who feels the same way that I do on this subject!

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"What do you want from me?! I'm a scientist, not a languageatician!"

[–] ChicoSuave 3 points 18 hours ago

If you don't study wordonomics, how can you call yourself a scienstician?