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[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 9 points 4 days ago

Lol. Why is the deer eating a sparrow less disturbing than a fox getting addicted to sugar beets? XD

[-] four@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 days ago

I think that the commenter, like me, understood it as that the deer was reading a non-fiction book while eating a sparrow. Which is an interesting image

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 7 points 3 days ago

Oh! Sorry. I don’t know how to place English commas, lol.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You nailed it here! :)

Commas basically go where you want to separate two thoughts in a sentence or "take a breath" without the full stop of a period. They also often separate objects in lists

(Example)

("Yesterday I saw a deer, a sparrow, and a nonfiction book.")

, or signify that you're talking to somebody.

A classic joke:

"Let's eat grandma!" vs. "Let's eat, grandma!"

"Commas save lives!"

😂 Hope that helps a bit! You're doing great though, don't worry. :)

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 3 days ago

At the very least, the only thing that got eaten was a bird. Sadly, deer are still illiterate 😢

Thanks for the comma-assistance, btw. 🤗

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

LOL! 😂

Sure thing! 🤗

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago

language is mostly what we make of it anyways :-)

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I see how I screwed up in my wording. :')

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 8 points 3 days ago

I just had a vision of a deer sitting at a table in a French bistro, about to take a bite out of a sparrow impaled on a fork in one hoof and a Haynes manual for a Triumph Stag in the other. Made me laugh.