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I tell people that I edit for readability \u2013 and that readability is not always grammatically correct. I tell people that because I am not fluent in the formal terms of grammar. I don\u2019t want to try to defend my edits based on participles, infinitives, dangling modifiers, or gerunds. (No matter how many times I look it up, I cannot remember what a gerund is!) I defend my edits based on whether I got to the end of the sentence and understood the point.<\/strong><\/span> It was readable. It complied with my definition of Clear Communication.<\/p>\n

As much as I shorten sentences, I actually like long complex thoughts. I suspect that most people think in long, complex, and meandering thoughts \u2013 most people certainly speak that way. So why not write long, complex, and meandering sentences? Because they are a pain in the posterior to punctuate!<\/strong><\/span> (I do love my alliteration.)<\/p>\n

Punctuation allows a sentence to meander without getting confusing.<\/p>\n

For clear communication, writing needs clear separation of thoughts. Mostly, that\u2019s done by ending a sentence. Besides becoming tedious to read, the end-the-sentence policy does not help with lists or parenthetical statements \u2013 two things that can cause tons of confusion.<\/p>\n

Lists<\/span><\/h1>\n

As an engineer, I am a HUGE fan of the bullet point and numbered list. However, there are times when those are just not appropriate and that is when we need the Oxford comma (or serial comma \u2013 the one many people think unnecessary) and the serial semicolon.<\/p>\n

In elementary school, I learned that the Oxford comma \u2013 the one after \u201cand\u201d or \u201cor\u201d in a list of three or more items \u2013 was required. I think I was well into my teens before I learned that some think of it as optional.<\/p>\n

I always have a hard time coming up with an example of why that comma is necessary on demand, so I\u2019ll give an example that made the news in March 2017.<\/p>\n

The Oakhurst Dairy in Maine is cursing the lack of the legislature\u2019s use of the Oxford comma. In Maine, activities exempt from overtime pay, as written, include:<\/p>\n

The canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying, marketing, storing, packing for shipment or distribution of:<\/p>\n

(1) Agricultural produce;<\/p>\n

(2) Meat and fish products; and<\/p>\n

(3) Perishable foods.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Because there is not a comma before that \u201cor distribution\u201d the courts ruled that the dairy\u2019s delivery drivers were entitled to overtime. The ruling judge said that \u201cshipment or distribution\u201d both belonged to the action of packing \u2013 the actual distribution is a different act and does not fall under the exclusion.<\/p>\n

Save money, use Oxford commas.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"PunctuationAnd what about a list of complex items? Or a list of lists? And that\u2019s when the serial semicolon comes into play.<\/p>\n

As it happens, that Main law I quoted above is a great example because it has a list and a complex list \u2013 where one list item contains \u201cand,\u201d \u201cor,\u201d or maybe even a comma. The complex list uses serial semicolons to further distinguish the specific list items.<\/p>\n

(I find it amusing that the list of items involved in the overtime exception has numbers, serial semicolons, AND individual lines for clarity but the list of actions is ambiguous. What this ambiguity says about lawmakers is probably best for a blog not written.)<\/p>\n

Parenthetical Statements<\/span><\/h1>\n

You could define \u201cmeandering\u201d as parenthetical when it comes to thoughts and writing.<\/p>\n

If you have lots of parenthetical statements in your writing, parenthesis can become boring. Many people don\u2019t bother with parenthesis at all, they use commas. Lots and lots of commas. Not just boring, lots and lots of commas easily cause confusion.<\/p>\n

Commas have so many uses that they are easily overused. For example, what if you have a list within your parenthetical thought? Thus, except for very simple ideas, avoid commas for parenthetical statements (kind of like the one in this sentence).<\/p>\n

Personally, I\u2019m a fan of the em dash to offset my use of parentheses. If you have any confusion about dashes, check out the Comma Queen\u2019s YouTube video on the subject, Mad Dash<\/a><\/span>. On a side note, every one of the Comma Queen\u2019s videos I\u2019ve seen have been well worth the 2 or so minutes they take to watch.<\/p>\n

Instead of manufacturing an example of using dashes for that meandering or tangential thought, I figured I\u2019d use one I\u2019ve already published. From my blog The Writer Can\u2019t Write, She Implements<\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n

Tell me where you want to be, and I\u2019ll get us there. Sometimes by brute force (like how I learn software) and sometimes by a circuitous route; but I will get us there. And, if I can\u2019t do it alone \u2013 always a possibility \u2013 I have a great group of friends I can ask for help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The statements \u201clike how I learn software,\u201d and \u201calways a possibility,\u201d are both parenthetical. But rather than emphasizing the meandering of my thoughts with two sets of parentheses in two sentences, I added the variety of em dashes!<\/p>\n

Keeping it Clear<\/span><\/h1>\n

Remember, clarity is the most important part of communication. The easiest way to ensure clarity is to use short sentences: one subject, one verb, one thought. However, using only those types of sentences is a spectacular way to lose your readers. Without going to extremes, start to add some \u201cadvanced\u201d punctuation to your writing.<\/p>\n

Dare to write the occasional long, meandering sentence \u2013 just be sure to punctuate it properly!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

– Lorrie Nicoles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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