Coming
in at number 15 on our list of the 20 most common grammar errors is the lack of
commas in a series. This is actually going to be a short post because a ton of
information exists on this topic, so at the end of this post I have a list of
resources you can refer to.
To Oxford or Not
To Oxford or Not
Americans
are inherently lazy when it comes to punctuation, thus stuff gets left out all
the time, such as the Oxford comma.
According
to the Oxford
Dictionary, “The Oxford comma is an optional comma before the word ‘and’ at
the end of a list.” Interestingly, on the other side of the pond (England) the
majority of writers are anti-Oxford. In the U.S., it’s a mixed bag with more on
the Oxford side of things.
I
am, of course, pro-Oxford comma. It adds clarity. And when in doubt, just use
it!
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