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		piaste on Sept 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epiousios The potential for confusion arising from a lack of punctuation does appear in the tradition of classical languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_redibis_nunquam_per_bella...

simonh on Sept 13, 2021 [–]

And in modern English, the use or absence of the Oxford Comma can critically affect meaning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/oxford-comma-maine.htm...

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