Defending serial commas.

[conuly]

http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001365.php

I memorized that rule in the first grade, and it has always served me well. Why people now want to create needless confusion, I do NOT know.

Comments

[masterflare421.livejournal.com]

No it's the serial phrase that is called a "number 2". The crazy system goes all the way to number 9. Don't ask me, a crazy English teach made it up!

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

Oh, I get it...but hah, number twos...

*crickets chirp in background*

Does "number two" in America actually mean anything?

[masterflare421.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I understood what you are thinking of as a euphemism for "number two".

No worries, I got the joke and can see how it would be interpreted that way. Too bad the only examples I could think of were the "number one" and "number two". ;)