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Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews.

I find the majority of formal audio reviews across numerous publications to be easy reads.  However, I can barely put together a coherent thought when reading anything by Jason Kennedy, editor of the-ear.net.  It is as if he does not understand the limitation of use of a comma.  Do the English really have that much of a different implementation of the english language versus Americans?  Does anybody else struggle to read certain editors' work?
mganga
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millercarbon
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Wait, sorry, I am informed, of an error. Comma, comma, comma, comma, chameleon. There. Much better.
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denverfred
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OMG! It's MC the gay Motor!
edcyn
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I actually wrote my Linguistics Masters Thesis on the subject of English Grammar. And lemme' say (comma, comma down, doo-bee-doo-down-down), that I just love the creative ways writers deal with commas.  Do they want to slow us down so that every fragment of their sentence is imbued with an air of crucial importance? Is the writer just plain punctilious & stuffy? Do they completely eliminate commas to lend teenage enthusiasm & breathlessness? Let grammatical freedom ring.
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nonoise
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The serial, Oxford, and, Harvard comma strikes, again.
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twoleftears
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Let's eat, grandpa.  Let's eat grandpa.

I'd like to thank my parents, Susan, and the Almighty.  I'd like to thank my parents, Susan and the Almighty.

etc., etc.
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