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What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)
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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[โ€“] Thurgo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am technical writer and was doing some writing where the standard was to NOT use the Oxford comma and it drove me insane. It took like 6 months to unlearn using it.

[โ€“] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I had a similar experience. It always felt intuitively, almost morally wrong to be forced to write like that.