6÷2(1+2)=?

StarofMiyu · May 11, 2011

Calculator says its 1, 6/2(1+2) one plus two is three ...but wait that doesnt make sense with BEDMAS o_o

arflech · May 11, 2011

steel03 said: ↑

Okay, yes, fair point. The language is very much moving toward this (and in all honesty, is probably already there), but it still isn't standard. I'm looking at 12 and 13, especially 13. Both of these examples have classic compound predicates: "hate...loathe" and "eats...leaves". Can't separate the verb phrases with a comma. To do so would be to separate the second part of the predicate ("loathe" or "leaves") from its subject, which is one of the more basic restrictions for comma use.
Now, again, none of this means what you're saying won't eventually be fine, but right now, it's not ideal.
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I think that I got that point from Strunk & White; I was looking for some authority on the Web but couldn't find it, but I know that I read about that corner case somewhere.

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