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[return to "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us"]
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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. 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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4. dang+Fa[view] [source] 2021-07-09 19:17:05
>>Lammy+C4
Probably the most excited I've ever personally made PG was when he saw me make an em dash on my MBP and immediately wanted to know how.
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5. dwaltr+df[view] [source] 2021-07-09 19:43:53
>>dang+Fa
I would also like to know how!
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6. Lammy+Ui[view] [source] 2021-07-09 20:07:26
>>dwaltr+df
Compose Key followed by three dashes (two and a period for an en-dash) https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libX11/i18n/compose/e...

Also on Windows using WinCompose http://wincompose.info/

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