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Orrin Cummins
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Japan
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Mar 16, 2017

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/15/health/oxford-comma-maine-court-case-trnd/index.html
 
Jack Doughty
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United Kingdom
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In memoriam
serial absence of commas Mar 16, 2017

Insert punctuation to make sense of the following:

John where Jim had had had had had had had had had had had the more favorable response from the examiners
 
Serena Basili
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Belgium
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*laughs in evil* Mar 16, 2017

Yesterday I discussed about using it or not with my colleague, who doesn't like it...it's so good to be right sometimes
 


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