lialia:

No! I hate serial commas.  I really do. They are messy.

nicksummers:

Aux barricades!

This is also known as an Oxford Comma.

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   *I love serial commas, too! This is great.

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   i learned the new way, with the serial commas. It bugs me to no end when there’s not one there, it breaks up the...

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9. glitterati reblogged this from shiningstar and added:

   Plus one for serial commas.

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    I always frown at it. I guess I was always taught the “old style” and I prefer it. The old style looks cleaner and is...

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13. shiningstar reblogged this from lialia and added:

    should say that I love, love, love them.

14. swampgirlrunamok reblogged this from 2arrs2ells and added:

    I despise the serial comma. I think it just ruins a sentance with gratuitous markings, and you will not convince me...

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16. 2arrs2ells reblogged this from geesebot and added:

    There are some great examples of when the serial comma (aka the Oxford comma or Harvard comma) on the wikipedia page....

17. geesebot reblogged this from 2arrs2ells and added:

    I thought that was a grammatical thing rather than style? Like in a will, if you wrote, “I leave everything to Betsy,...

18. pablog reblogged this from nicksummers and added:

    I prefer the serial comma. My employer still does not.

19. ohrohin reblogged this from lialia and added:

    This is also known as an Oxford Comma.

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21. lialia reblogged this from nicksummers and added:

    No! I hate serial commas. I really do. They are messy.

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