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It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us

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Re: It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us

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Not to detract from the message here, but

> It may just be a game to you but, it means the world to us

The placement of that comma really irks me. Isn't "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us" the grammatically correct form? I'm somewhat surprised to see this in official communication from the Canadian Red Cross group.

I feel like I've seen this "post-but" comma more and more recently. I guess people feel like they would speak the sentence with a pause after the conjunction and therefore the comma goes there in writing.

Re: It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us

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Boycott this retarded organization. They're more concerned with defending their little symbol than helping those in need. The red cross was literally equivalent to "health" and that's why health kits that instantly healed you had this symbol on it. Way to destroy a brand. Stop terrorizing video game producers and focus on your mission again, morons.

Re: It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us

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post #2

Not to detract from the message here, but > It may just be a game to you but, it means the world to us The placement of that comma really irks me. Isn't "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us" the grammatically correct form? I'm somewhat surprised to see this in official communication from the Canadian Red Cross group. I feel like I've seen this "post-but" comma more and more recently. I guess pe…

They wanted to put emphasis on the pause?

Re: It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us

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post #2

Not to detract from the message here, but > It may just be a game to you but, it means the world to us The placement of that comma really irks me. Isn't "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us" the grammatically correct form? I'm somewhat surprised to see this in official communication from the Canadian Red Cross group. I feel like I've seen this "post-but" comma more and more recently. I guess pe…

It seems they intended to make a pause after "but". For that purpose "..." instead of the comma, would actually fit better.

Re: It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us

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Is anyone aware of some event that kicked off this posting? Has a particular game misused the symbol badly? It all makes sense but I am not sure if it has been submitted in response to some recent egregious misuse.

Im trying to find something as well, closet I've found is https://www.redcross.org/local/puerto-rico.html appears to be Fortnight tournament to raise funds for Puerto Rico?

Re: It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us

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post #2

Not to detract from the message here, but > It may just be a game to you but, it means the world to us The placement of that comma really irks me. Isn't "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us" the grammatically correct form? I'm somewhat surprised to see this in official communication from the Canadian Red Cross group. I feel like I've seen this "post-but" comma more and more recently. I guess pe…

Correct it does go before the conjunction, and an optional one after if you want to draw a pause.
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