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 Oxford ...
"It was a typical Friday night at Costco in Corona. Customers, including an off-duty Los Angeles police officer, 32-year-old Kenneth French and his parents, waited in line for food samples." How many ...
I have finally realized that people’s beliefs about serial commas are as fierce as people’s thoughts on anchovies and reality shows. You either love them or hate them. No amount of arguing will ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. You know it, and you love it or hate it—it’s the last comma in a simple series, the one before “and,” “but,” or ...
People who care about grammar love the serial comma, aka the Oxford or Harvard comma. They love it because they were instructed to use it in school, and they love it because it supposedly reduces ...
From Tuesday's decision in O'Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy (1st Cir.): For want of a comma, we have this case. It arises from a dispute between a Maine dairy company and its delivery drivers, and it ...
From Tuesday’s decision in O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy (1st Cir.): For want of a comma, we have this case. It arises from a dispute between a Maine dairy company and its delivery drivers, and it ...
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