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A pedant in Parliament

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2ScarletBea
jul 27, 2019, 1:29 pm

If he's a pedant I don't want to be one :(

3suitable1
jul 27, 2019, 3:36 pm

>2 ScarletBea:

Are all pedants the same?

4reading_fox
jul 28, 2019, 8:41 am

>1 lilithcat: and as is almost a requirement when making grammatical pronouncements he then makes an error of his own - the oxford comma goes before the 'and'

He has also used his 'banned' words more than 700 times in his own parliamentary comments. Hansard lists all debates, and some diligent soul has trawled them.

5lilithcat
jul 28, 2019, 9:00 am

>4 reading_fox:

the oxford comma goes before the 'and'

As I understand it, he's not objecting to the oxford (Oxford?) comma, he's objecting to people who do, in fact, put the comma after the "and".

You are correct, though, that he has violated his own rules many times.

6PossMan
Bewerkt: jul 28, 2019, 2:32 pm

>4 reading_fox:: When Hansard lists all debates who decides the punctuation and where the Oxford comma goes?

I think his rules here are pretty stupid, as does Benjamin Dreyer, but in some ways I quite like the man. A lot more honest than many MPs and open about his beliefs on issues such as abortion which he knows will not go down well with many.

7bluepiano
jul 28, 2019, 6:12 pm

>3 suitable1: Ooh, very well-played. Possibly the most amusing post I've seen here. Well, leaving aside of those posts from Illinois State Fair, but those weren't meant to be funny.

OP link has me rolling my eyes rather than feeling indignant: Rees-Mogg's strictures are surely born of affectation, not reason.

8dtw42
aug 4, 2019, 4:52 pm

Re making grammatical pronouncements and making the same errors yourself ... I believe that's muphry's {sic} law.

(Pardon the curly braces, I just didn't want the system to try and apply a touchstone.)