On Twitter, where people gnash teeth over “correct” grammar and storm the President’s mentions with punctuational pitchforks, an anthropomorphized Oxford comma sporting a top hat and ...

When you're writing or typing and begin to list items in consecutive order, do you add a comma prior to the conjunction before the final item? Or not? The inclusion of that final comma is a great ...

A few weeks ago, I mentioned in this space that serial commas, also called Oxford commas, are a matter of style. So either “red, white and blue” or “red, white, and blue” can be correct ...

And so does punctuation: The lack of one Oxford comma in a Maine state law just cost Oakhurst Dairy $5 million in overtime pay. First some background. An Oxford comma is a comma that precedes ...

The Oxford comma, or serial comma, comes before the conjunction in a list of three or more things. If you write, “The flag is red, white, and blue,” you’re using an Oxford comma.

THE OXFORD COMMA is a form of punctuation - but it's become a cause of much debate over its usage. So when should you use it and where? We all use commas when writing lists of things. But the ...

Ah, the Oxford comma. Journalists often fight over it, academics love it and a lot of people don't care about or even know what it is.But this singular bit of punctuation is actually super important.

All about the Oxford comma, including when it may or may not be necessary. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Finance. Food. Games. Health. Home & Garden ...

Advocates of the Oxford comma uphold the argument that it's necessary for clarity in sentences, while opponents of the Oxford comma have said that its inclusion is pretentious, cluttered and ...