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Re:Microsoft Coffee by ma2rten on Friday April 02, 2021 @11:48AM (#26672434)
This is a good example of how human language is ambiguous. You should read it as in the worst case in prison and in the best case fired.
Re:Microsoft Coffee by throwaway894345 on Friday April 02, 2021 @11:58AM (#26672567)
Hah! That interpretation didn’t even occur to me, but yes that makes more sense.
Re:Microsoft Coffee by gkop on Friday April 02, 2021 @12:59PM (#26673272)
No, we have tone and punctuation to disambiguate the two interpretations here. Parent commenter interpreted correctly. If the grandparent’s intention was otherwise, they should have used a comma.
Re:Microsoft Coffee by iso1210 on Friday April 02, 2021 @01:04PM (#26673345)
It's a good example of how ambiguity can arise when humans use (or don't use) punctuation and other features of a language that's been evolving for centuries, to communicate across an instantaneous worldwide medium with little effort
Re:Microsoft Coffee by gkop on Friday April 02, 2021 @01:47PM (#26673808)
Well said.
Re:Microsoft Coffee by caslon on Friday April 02, 2021 @01:24PM (#26673576)
They didn't interpret it correctly, and there's no rule stating a comma is necessary that's universal in every style-guide.
Re:Microsoft Coffee by gkop on Friday April 02, 2021 @01:46PM (#26673791)
They interpreted incorrectly per English grammar. We don’t know whether they interpreted correctly or incorrectly per the utterer’s intention, as the utterer has not clarified their intention.

This isn’t a question of style, but one of grammar.

Re:Microsoft Coffee by Dylan16807 on Friday April 02, 2021 @06:20PM (#26676567)
It's not that simple. Commas are lawless.
Re:Microsoft Coffee by dalbasal on Friday April 02, 2021 @02:17PM (#26674164)
Precisely.