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Story of the comma family: The Oxford, Harvard, and Serial comma

19 Comments Posted by Gurpreet Singh on April 15, 2012

What is the Oxford comma?

The Oxford comma (also known as Harvard comma or Serial comma) is the comma inserted just before the coordinating conjunction (usually ‘and’ or ‘or’, and sometimes ‘nor’) in the last item of a list of three or more items. For example: This blog is dedicated to Jack, Jill, Red Riding Hood, Captain Kirk, and Spock.

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