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jakelazaroff on March 17, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Mil...

Since commas are used for apposition, it's unclear whether the author's mother is Ayn Rand.

howeyc on March 17, 2017 [–]

I guess I'm out of the loop then, because I see no other meaning for the first comma when the second one is there.

To me it's the second sentence where the commas meaning is ambiguous. Almost like the writer is confused and two entities are its singular "mother."

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