• verdigris@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    None of those sentences needed commas, they’re just not constructed very clearly.

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      3 months ago

      I, as a German, asked an expert on that topic: ChatGPT. According to ChatGPT, there is no genocide if you don’t kill them with the intention to wipe them from the planet. So, if for example you accidentally drop poison into their water because you mixed the botox and sugar bottle at the water station, then even if they all die it is not a genocide.

      And since ChatGPT is infallible, this is the only truth.

      Six commas, colon, capitalization, word order, word choice, “infallible”. Infallible like my editing 🤓 & dunt u disagreeme

      PS: I speak zero languages (rounded), good job all who learn English and attempt to use it

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        3 months ago

        Okay, yes, those are all valid places to put commas, good job – except for the one after “So”, which actually decreases the legibility. It would be better to surround “for example” with commas.

        However, none of them are grammatically necessary. The original comment is totally fine and can be parsed unambiguously as-is. I would support the colon insertion above any of your commas.