I grew up learning British English rules and we were taught that while using commas to list or enumerate items, there should never be a comma before the and. For instance:
I bought bread, milk, apples and oranges.
I've seen this rule less prominent these days, especially in the US. The same...
Other Voices, Other Rooms is a novel written by Truman Capote published in January 1948. Other Voices, Other Rooms is written in the Southern Gothic style.
Other Voices, Other Rooms is significant because it is both Truman Capote's first published novel and semi-autobiographical. It is also noteworthy due to its erotically charged photograph of the author, risque content, and debut at #9 on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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Truman Capote began writing the manuscript for Other Voices, Other Rooms after being inspired by a walk in the woods while he was living in Monroevil...
Stack Exchange sponsors members from SE sites to attend conferences in that field. Since EL&U is a smaller SE community than some of our peers (although I would say, in some cases, of much higher quality), I think it would be a good idea to promote EL&U to other linguists, etymologists, a...
I am having difficulty to understand the meaning of the expression "low-quality question" in question:
What should be done regarding vgv8's stream of low-quality and off-topic questions?
What does it mean?
Or what does mean "high-quality question"?
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