Tournaments - Typo

from GalCiv2 Forums
'Altaria Resists'
There seem to be several duplicate blank spaces in the second paragraph.


'Arcea's Last Stand'
Second paragraph, "the Arceans through in their lot" should be "the Arceans threw in their lot". Also possibly a duplicate blank space after "wait out the victor".


'Drengin Gambit'
First paragraph "Looking at the Drengin's growing power (...), has shown that": not sure about that, but shouldn't be the comma be between "shown" and "that"?

Second paragraph "the Torians, Altarians, and Acreans": No comma between the last points of the list (is already replaced by the "and").

Third paragraph "the aloofness of the Altarians, the pride of the Arceans, and the narrow mindedness of the Torians": No comma between the last points of the list (is already replaced by the "and")


'Rock And Hard Place'
Scenario description is a bit short in comparison, will it be expanded with historical background like the others?
4,069 views 5 replies
Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
"The Torians, Altarians, and Arceans" isn't necessarily a typo - it's an Oxford comma and it's more a matter of preferred style than whether it's correct or not - it might be intentional. See http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/oxfordcomma and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma for the various pros and cons.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok then. It still looks weird, especially coming from an US based company. ;)

I naturally applied German interpunctuation rules, where that comma definitely is wrong. ;)
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The Torians, Altarians, and Arceans" isn't necessarily a typo
End of quote


What that comma does is keep the three subjects as separate entities.

*With* the comma, you have: Torians/Altarians/Arceans.

*Without* the comma you have: Torians/Altarians and Arceans.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The way I learned it, the last comma in a list of entities is replaced by 'and' (or 'as well as', or a similar conjunction).

The Wikipedia link correctly states that the two version are identical in meaning, contrary to your example. It also clears up that the 'Oxford' comma is more common in the US, which is probably why I hadn't encountered it before since I prefer the proper British spellings. ;)
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Mistralok, the last comma is optional; what usage will end up being preferred it up to the future to decide... not you.