r/todayilearned • u/EtOHMartini • 27d ago

TIL that philanthropist and engineer Avery Fisher was motivated to start his own company after, identifying a way to save his employer $10,000 a year, was immediately denied a $5/week raise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Fisher
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u/fakk12321 27d ago

That misplaced comma is killing me

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u/zdejif 27d ago

The weird punctuation throughout the Internet is mind-blowing. American English in particular is saturated in Oxford commas, while British English seems like it’s never heard of them. Where’s the ideal punctuation, fuckin’ Atlantis???

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u/sbe558 27d ago

There’s a fair chance OP is not a native speaker. For instance, comma and point are used the other way around in German numbers.

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u/Rainer206 27d ago

Just like your missing comma is killing me.

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u/Limos42 27d ago

Just like your misplaced claim of a missing comma is killing me.