Timeline for Oxford Comma Conventions
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| Sep 6, 2023 at 16:04 | comment | added | Adam Katz | @LukeHutchison – I think the usage of commas as parenthetical remarks is more common in American English than British English. The publisher's note in Eats, Shoots & Leaves calls this out, explicitly noting "there are a few subtle difference between British and American punctuation". (They're not subtle, at least in a book about British syntax read by a stickler for American syntax.) | |
| May 24, 2022 at 15:05 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'Choose a style and be consistent [but be ready to rephrase grossly where your style causes loss of clarity]' seems to be advocating 'Choose (a) or (b) where (a) = 'always use the Oxford comma' and (b) = 'never use the Oxford comma', both with the proviso '[but be ready to rephrase grossly where your style causes loss of clarity]'. //// However, Kessler advocates using the Oxford comma flexibly. | |
| Oct 10, 2021 at 22:02 | comment | added | Luke Hutchison | No no no... example 2 in both cases is correctly written "We invited the stripper JFK", if JFK is being referred to as a stripper. The correct minimalistic way to disambiguate in this sort of situation is to elide an expository comma to indicate a single list item, not to add a comma to separate the penultimate from the ultimate item of the list. | |
| Jul 9, 2019 at 16:15 | history | edited | Adam Katz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
more explicitly linked
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| Mar 11, 2015 at 18:26 | history | answered | Adam Katz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |