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Do you ever use the Oxford comma?

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Posted - April 2, 2017
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  • Yes, I do. I prefer the Oxford comma. In my experience it eliminates more ambiguity than it causes. 
      April 2, 2017 1:28 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    True. I was taught the other way, but after reading about the Oxford I will use it if necessary.
      April 2, 2017 1:38 PM MDT
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  • Yes, more often than not  it makes things  clearer and consistent. 
      April 2, 2017 1:41 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    Dang...I wish I hadn't retired from Grammar Nazi.
      April 2, 2017 1:44 PM MDT
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  • More consistent.  Go for it. I don't care.
      April 2, 2017 1:46 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    I try to avoid it because in high school English class we were told not to use it because it's wrong for American English.
      April 2, 2017 2:27 PM MDT
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  • Typically I do, but that varies...sometimes if I have used lots of commas already I might leave it out.

    Also, writing for aMug is very different than other composition. Here, I write more to convey verbal nuance of the moment...sprinkling commas everywhere.
    But I give more meticulous attention to an article or composition to be read by many over a longer period of time.
      April 2, 2017 2:44 PM MDT
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  • I keep a pressure pack of punctuation alongside my laptop and just spray the screen when i finish. 
      April 2, 2017 10:30 PM MDT
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  • Well, that settles it...ima do commas that way from now on...the pressure pack...!
      April 3, 2017 7:05 AM MDT
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  • 6988
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      April 2, 2017 3:06 PM MDT
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  • Oh, such a beautiful answer.... :)
      April 3, 2017 7:07 AM MDT
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  • 6988
    Thank you. 
      April 3, 2017 12:31 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    no, i dont even know what it is
      April 2, 2017 3:38 PM MDT
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  • Hi Pearl, the Oxford comma is the last comma when you are making a list. Some grammarians say it is better to leave that comma out. So the Oxford comma here is the last one before the word AND:

    "I like peas, carrots, tomatoes, beans, and corn."
      April 3, 2017 10:56 AM MDT
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  • 2219

    Never heard of it as I went to Cambridge. Personally I prefer the Pythagorean comma. 

    Having looked it up, it is contrary to grammar I was taught at primary school. 

     

    This post was edited by Malizz at April 3, 2017 12:28 PM MDT
      April 2, 2017 4:53 PM MDT
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  • Almost always. It's not generally used in Oz but I picked up the idea from Strunk and White whose Elements of Style was written for Americans. Like Glis, I find that it clarifies. 
      April 2, 2017 10:28 PM MDT
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  • Try searching for serial comma. It's the same horse, different name. 
      April 3, 2017 12:51 AM MDT
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  • 7683
    If I don't Randy will go into coma;))
      April 2, 2017 10:48 PM MDT
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  • Imagine a grown man going into a coma over a comma. 
    He's even more likely to go into a coma over a missing tilde. 
      April 3, 2017 12:52 AM MDT
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  • Veena and Didge, I don't even see Randy here...oh no...has he missed a question on grammar?
      April 3, 2017 11:07 AM MDT
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  • If there really was a god or a devil one of them would have made sure he saw it. 
      April 3, 2017 2:32 PM MDT
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  • Definite law of the universe, no matter who is in charge, definitely Dozy!
    Does this mean you are connected Internet at your birthday retreat, then?
      April 3, 2017 2:35 PM MDT
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  • I hope to be. I haven't stayed there before (our regular holiday spot has been sold and lost its appeal) but I'll have to find wi-fi somewhere to post my butterfly blog on Thursday. (I've already written it.)
      April 3, 2017 3:12 PM MDT
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  • I just wish I was around for the Comma Kohoutek or Halley's Comma.
      April 3, 2017 11:36 AM MDT
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