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		clhodapp on Jan 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If You Call Out Bad Code, Make Sure It's Bad First You pause there in speaking, so you should put a comma there.

swartzrock on Jan 25, 2013 [–]

Unless I increased my speaking rate to prevent the awkward situation of requiring the comma... or perhaps there never was a pause there (eg "eats shoots...")

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