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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. agbell+B5[view] [source] 2021-07-09 18:51:50
>>tines+23
It does seem strange. If they wanted that emphasis they could have used a quote.

> "It may just be a game to you but" Red Cross spokesperson tine said "it means the world to us."

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