Blatantly obvious

[IronWing]

is unnecessarily redundant. That is all, finished.

 

[waggy]

everyone knows this.

 

[Leros]

This PSA brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Awareness Department.

 

[Newbian]

Kind of like blatantly obvious that blatantly is spelled with a "a" and not a e. 😉

Even in gay threads it needs to be fixed since firefox places all these squiggly lines. 🙁

 

[MJinZ]

is unnecessarily redundant. That is all, finished.

It's actually necessarily redundant in some cases IMO.

Many tautological expressions serve to emphasize a point without use of inflection, tone or by written means.

 

[IronWing]

It's actually necessarily redundant in some cases IMO.

Many tautological expressions serve to emphasize a point without use of inflection, tone or by written means.

You missed the comma after tone.


Edit: So where does one add thread tags to posts?

 

[MJinZ]

You missed the comma after tone.

The last comma was not necessary as there was no ambiguity.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma#In_general for a lesson on comma usage. 🙂

 

[RoloMather]

Most people are idiots and you have to repeat things many times. This fact is blatantly obvious.

 

[Leros]

The last comma was not necessary as there was no ambiguity.

That's debatable. Different standards say different things about the comma being required or not.

 

[MJinZ]

That's debatable. Different standards say different things about the comma being required or not.

General comma use should be for clarity and disambiguation, so as not to overuse commas unnecessarily (another tautology here lol), you can err on the side of skipping the commas. 🙂

 

[IronWing]

Most people are idiots and you have to repeat things many times. This fact is blatantly obvious.

That is why the military developed a special teaching regiment to train new soldiers.

1) Tell them what you are going to tell them.
2) Tell them.
3) Tell them what you told them.
4) Write down the information on slips of paper.
5) Use your bayonet to punch slots in their skulls and shove the slips into their heads.

 

[Leros]

General comma use should be for clarity and disambiguation, so as not to overuse commas unnecessarily (another tautology here lol), you can err on the side of skipping the commas. 🙂

You can argue that putting the comma in makes it mindless to read. You don't have to question whether its implied or not.

For technical writing, you're supposed to put the comma in, even though it may not be necessary, to remove any possibly ambiguities.

 

[MJinZ]

You can argue that putting the comma in makes it mindless to read. You don't have to question whether its implied or not.

For technical writing, you're supposed to put the comma in, even though it may not be necessary, to remove any possibly ambiguities.

^ Disambiguation needed.:hmm: ^_^

 

[nageov3t]

who could care less?

 

[shortylickens]

Sort of like cheap jew?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Sort of like cheap jew?

No, you're thinking of "greedy Jew". Cheap implies frugality, which they do not exhibit in their purchasing of expensive cars and throwing of Bar Mitzvahs.

 

[Leros]

^ Disambiguation needed.:hmm: ^_^

I never claimed to write correctly. 😛

 

[MJinZ]

I never claimed to write correctly. 😛

It was implied... :sneaky:

 

[Leros]

It was implied... :sneaky:

And that's why making assumptions based on implications is bad. Therefore you should never used implied commas. I win.

 

[MJinZ]

And that's why making assumptions based on implications is bad. Therefore you should never used implied commas. I win.

^_^