do you use the Oxford comma?

[Zebra]

Oxford Is the British Harvard

Whoever invented the term "Oxford Comma" wanted to make it sound pretentious, stuffy, and nitpicking. Don't trust any of the counterfeit word-coiners.

for me this comma is just common sense

 

[BothWings]

Never heard of it, but I've been using it all my life. Consider the sentence, "I want to thank my parents, God and Trump." Without the comma, it sounds like my parents are God and Trump. With the Oxford comma, "I want to thank my parents, God, and Trump" makes it clear that God and Trump are separate entities from my parents.

I've always written like that, since middle school. I'm 54 and never knew it was an Oxford thing.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

for me this comma is just common sense

The Press Creates Oxbridge's Prestige

Then "Oxford Comma" is a contradiction in terms. Common sense is for commoners, not for heiristocrats and their mind-slaves.

 

[Mr Natural]

I believe, so. . .

 

[CrusaderFrank]

good example, but not an Oxford comma

it as the comma before and after a sequence

Sometimes

 

[rosends]

I use it sometimes. When it changes the meaning, I use it. When it doesn't, I don't.

 

[Zebra]

The Press Creates Oxbridge's Prestige

Then "Oxford Comma" is a contradiction in terms. Common sense is for commoners, not for heiristocrats and their mind-slaves.

what name would you prefer?