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Edmus

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« Reply #1740 on: July 13, 2016, 06:21:56 pm »

Isn't the point of the Oxford to remove that ambiguity though?
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« Reply #1741 on: July 13, 2016, 06:27:46 pm »

Isn't the point of the Oxford to remove that ambiguity though?
Yes, but Oxford or no, you only use a separating comma in lists of three or more items.  So, in other words:
  • Three items, with Oxford: A, B, and C
  • Three items, no Oxford: A, B and C
  • Two items: A and B

I wouldn't worry too much over the matter, though.  What's most important is that the list is understandable, whether it's because you replaced your commas with semi-colons, introduced commas where a very strongly prescriptivist approach would oppose such, or simply reorganized your sentence from the first word on. 
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« Reply #1742 on: July 13, 2016, 06:30:15 pm »

How many coral reefs were destroyed and can they be regrown? The US Navy for example do that neat thing where when they are destroying one of their ships, they do it in some shallows somewhere so coral can use the ship's hulk as a growing point

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Looking it up, it seems twice as much reef has been destroyed by illegal Chinese clam fishing than by their base construction
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/south-china-sea-coral-reef-destruction/
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China needs to reel in these clam fishers (no pun intended)

"It goes on day and night, month after month," a Filipino mayor told me on the island of Palawan.
"I think it is deliberate. It is like they are punishing us by destroying our reefs."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35106631
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« Reply #1743 on: July 14, 2016, 03:35:31 am »

Probably the EU's fault. Fuck those European bureaucrats.
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« Reply #1744 on: July 14, 2016, 05:20:28 am »

Probably the EU's fault. Fuck those European bureaucrats.
We need to build a reef and make China pay for it. #Polyp2016
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« Reply #1745 on: July 14, 2016, 09:37:19 am »

Probably the EU's fault. Fuck those European bureaucrats.
I once spoke to a coastal Chinese who asked me a question. He asked me, what is evil? I thought this was some deep question on the nature of good and evil, but he told me, evil is mainland Chinese. I was so caught off guard by this answer that I choked on my tea. There are people who hate Chinese bureaucrats much more than I hold fault to European bureaucrats.

On the topic of the EU, due to Chinese lobbying, Slovenia and Croatia maritime dispute, the EU has given no statement. European bureaucrats do not have their own morality, they are mercenary professionals

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Adding to the difficulties, eastern European countries including Hungary have been heavily lobbied by China in recent months. Beijing has offered lucrative contracts and investment in return for supporting the Chinese position on issues ranging from the South China Sea to Beijing's bid to be treated more favourably in trade disputes with Brussels, diplomats say.

Britain and France have been most vocal in calling on China not to escalate tensions in the area, diplomats say. However, British diplomats in Brussels have taken a lower profile since Britons voted last month to leave the European Union, they say.
<3 France for standing with us

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« Reply #1746 on: July 14, 2016, 10:39:05 am »

Gotta justify the expense of that tunnel, when the wall goes up it'll be across the German border, Anglo-France will be the new Britain after Scotland and Northern Ireland leave.
Wales will still get ignored.
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« Reply #1747 on: July 14, 2016, 12:21:53 pm »

Gotta justify the expense of that tunnel, when the wall goes up it'll be across the German border, Anglo-France will be the new Britain after Scotland and Northern Ireland leave.
Wales will still get ignored.
Ey fam if you want to talk Britpol, go to Brexit thread

We're talking about coral reefs and bureaucracy here

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« Reply #1748 on: July 14, 2016, 12:37:19 pm »

My bad, I thought Britain was one of those small Australian islands we send all the asylum seekers to.
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« Reply #1749 on: July 14, 2016, 12:46:06 pm »

No that's called New Zealand

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« Reply #1750 on: July 14, 2016, 01:11:41 pm »

We're both wrong, it's Melbourne.
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« Reply #1751 on: July 14, 2016, 07:20:21 pm »

A weird fact about Melbourne:
Tell a foreigner you're from [small Australian town] and they'll ask you if it's near Melbourne, not Sydney.
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« Reply #1752 on: July 14, 2016, 09:23:15 pm »

That's because Melbourne is the best city.

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« Reply #1753 on: July 15, 2016, 04:37:33 am »

North Melbourne is Best Melbourne.

btw I have a room for rent in worst Melbourne. It's a 2 bedroom place, large room, close to shops, with a tram to the city right outside the house, electricity included in rent.
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« Reply #1754 on: July 15, 2016, 06:15:55 am »

Melbourne seemed pretty hard to get around in. That being said we kinda were all over the shop during our visit.
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