http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aJokes+tag%3aCommas+tag%3aIronySearch results for 'tag:Jokes tag:Commas tag:Irony' matching tags 'Jokes', 'Commas', and 'Irony'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IncorrectCommaUsageStyleConcern/cqwbn/post.htm#247992Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:36:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247992aperisicJuanita is brilliant and Shalimar has a pleasant personality Here you just give the attributes of Juanita and Shalimar who are sisters for example Juanita is brilliant and Shalimar has a pleasant personality There must be a reason for a comma For example someone has just said Juanita has a pleasant personality and Shalimar is brilliant You are sure that the one confused their attributes and you reply No no no Juanita is brilliant and Shalimar has a pleasant personality If you do not have a reason like this there is no comma Whether you win this race or lose it doesn t matter as long as you do your best You can t use one comma here except Whether you win this race or lose it doesn t matter as long as you do your best but read ahead If you want to you can use two Whether you win this race or lose it it doesn t matter as long as you do your best This is a light of irony almost a joke There is a similar joke in I love you even though you are my sister which confuses what love really means here o I said that to my sister when she made me mad However if you read carefully Whether you win this race or lose it doesn t matter as long as you do your best it just does not sound proper Whether you win or lose this race it doesn t matter as long as you do your best Only this way both win and lose are equalized In Whether you win this race or lose it doesn t matter as long as you do your best there is a tiny moment of the said joke Why lose is so distant Whether you win this race or lose it it doesn t matter as long as you do your best is better Yet now you can place one comma and better you do it because you have it doubled it it Whether you win this race or lose it it doesn t matter as long as you do your best which is inversion from It doesn t matter whether you win this race or lose it as long as you do your best