Always wondered what the heck the lyrics here meant:
Luckily songmeanings.net is there to save the day, thanks to HoppyChris:
Why would you lie about how much coal you have? Lying about how much coal you have can easily be done through the omission of an oxford comma.
An oxford comma is the comma right before the and in a series.I have 100 pounds of iron, 50 pounds of steel, and coal.
I have 100 pounds of iron, 50 pounds of steel and coal.In the first example, the amound of coal is not specified, while in the second example there are clearly 50 pounds of coal. By omitting the oxford comma, you can let people think that you have 50 pounds of coal, even if you do not, as the oxford comma is often viewed as optional.But why would you lie about how much coal you have? why would you lie about something dumb like that?
Apparently the sentence above is the most commonly used example to explain how the oxford comma works. LOL
