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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=556 height=454 style='width:5.7916in;height:4.725in' src="cid:image002.jpg@01D6BCAA.9F34FB00" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340'>Warning: I am about to get nerdy here. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340'>To my friends, fellow blog readers, and grammar geeks:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340'>I urge you to read, evaluate, and adopt consistent usage of the Oxford comma on your LinkedIn profile.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340'>Not to use it every so often, or irregularly, or in one section but not another.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340'>Because? Well, people evaluate your LinkedIn profile, make an impression, and can get really granular, like noticing typos, or spotting inconsistencies, or worse, discarding you as a contender, a prospect, or a partner because of lack of attention to detail. You’re always, ever, and constantly being evaluated for attention to detail.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340'>As you can see in this <a href="https://prowritingaid.com/art/686/3-Awful-Oxford-Comma-Bloopers.aspx?utm_campaign=BlogTraffic&utm_medium=social-paid&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=commabloop&fbclid=IwAR3Xw8v-cRfLJ-RjqqNWC45xL_GMaxy2QudVcKedm3BeVjJIjjsMoEhJfxE"><span style='color:#477474;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>article</span></a>, court cases can be decided on the Oxford comma.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:19.2pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340'>Make your case, be consistent in your message, and contemporary in your grammar, style, and syntax.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444340;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Please, please, and please use the yellow pencil above.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Resagokr'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Resagokr'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Resagokr'>Marc W. 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