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McIntyre is more blunt: “Feigned passion about the Oxford comma, when not performed for comic effect, is mere posturing.” Despite their passionate majority, the Oxford comma partisans have had ...
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 ...
To anyone who’s been on the frontlines of the comma wars, the message seemed like an olive branch — or possibly a white flag. Not familiar with the Oxford comma controversy? It’s a tempest ...
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 ...
But the trial testimony has offered one bombshell: Donald Trump likes the Oxford comma. So testified his former personal assistant and ex-director of Oval Office operations, Madeleine Westerhout ...
A New York Times story last month on the new head of Britain’s state run health care system telling employees to avoid using the Oxford comma caught the eye of reader Dan Worrells of Lake San ...
Then, the County Council voted unanimously to endorse the use of the Oxford comma. That was a trick, right there — a bit of rhetorical tomfoolery to make you think the impassioned public ...
It's the timeless debate between the Oxford comma and the regular comma. But, what is the Oxford comma, exactly? Why do some people use it while others refuse to? And when did the Oxford comma ...