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[return to "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us"]
1. tines+23[view] [source] 2021-07-09 18:39:39
>>Tomte+(OP)
Not to detract from the message here, but

> It may just be a game to you but, it means the world to us

The placement of that comma really irks me. Isn't "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us" the grammatically correct form? I'm somewhat surprised to see this in official communication from the Canadian Red Cross group.

I feel like I've seen this "post-but" comma more and more recently. I guess people feel like they would speak the sentence with a pause after the conjunction and therefore the comma goes there in writing.

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2. nuccy+G3[view] [source] 2021-07-09 18:43:20
>>tines+23
It seems they intended to make a pause after "but". For that purpose "..." instead of the comma, would actually fit better.
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3. Lammy+C4[view] [source] 2021-07-09 18:47:43
>>nuccy+G3
This looks like a job for—Emdash Man!
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