Low or high, written or spoken (do you imagine she’s taking dictation?), that is incorrect usage of a comma. Presumably this is a geometry class and not an English class, but a girl who can identify Io as Jupiter’s first moon ought to know better (and a teacher who can congratulate her for “hyperbole” should nonetheless have called her on it).
The only way it conceivably makes sense is if Cynthia’s addressing somebody named “Io”, and even then it’s awkward. Better to say “J. Lo’s butt is bigger, Io, than Jupiter’s first moon.” (“J. Lo’s butt is bigger than Jupiter’s first moon, Io” would work either way, although “J. Lo’s butt, Io, is bigger than Jupiter’s first moon” could mean that J. Lo’s butt is named “Io.”)
thesource over 12 years ago
it’s only 1/2 a big according to the middle frame.
fritzoid Premium Member over 12 years ago
What’s with the comma after “than”?
fritzoid Premium Member over 12 years ago
Low or high, written or spoken (do you imagine she’s taking dictation?), that is incorrect usage of a comma. Presumably this is a geometry class and not an English class, but a girl who can identify Io as Jupiter’s first moon ought to know better (and a teacher who can congratulate her for “hyperbole” should nonetheless have called her on it).
The only way it conceivably makes sense is if Cynthia’s addressing somebody named “Io”, and even then it’s awkward. Better to say “J. Lo’s butt is bigger, Io, than Jupiter’s first moon.” (“J. Lo’s butt is bigger than Jupiter’s first moon, Io” would work either way, although “J. Lo’s butt, Io, is bigger than Jupiter’s first moon” could mean that J. Lo’s butt is named “Io.”)
ART Thompson Premium Member over 12 years ago
Fritzoid, you, have covered all the bases
fritzoid Premium Member over 12 years ago
:-)