Comments on: The Oxford comma case

By: "The Oxford Comma Case Proves We Need New Employment Laws, Not Better Grammar" - Overlawyered

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:45:03 +0000

[…] Lucas (Evil HR Lady), in her column at Inc., uses the Oxford comma trucking-hours case as a jumping-off point for a wider discussion of how the current workplace regulatory regime needs […]

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:52:53 +0000

That’s why so many older UK statutes don’t have punctuation. Also look up Sir Roger Casement for a more serious penalty regarding the comma!

By: ras

ras — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:59:30 +0000

They sacrificed precedent to verdict, endorsing textualism to do so, in the extreme. May they reap the fruits of their labor. We thank them.

By: Rich Lambert

Rich Lambert — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:40:52 +0000

For the sentence to have meant what the appellate court found, the sentence would have needed an “or” before packing.