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Oxford comma
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English
Etymology
From Oxford University Press, where such use is the house style.
Pronunciation
en En-us-Oxford comma.oga US
Noun
en typography The serial comma.
en serial comma UK & US Harvard comma US
en The Oxford University Press Making the Press what it ought to be Peter Sutcliffe 2002 1978 Clarendon Press It was Collins who invented the ‘Oxford comma’, for which he obtained supported from Herbert Spencer. 114
en Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend 2008 Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma? / I've seen those English dramas too; they're cruel / So if there's any other way to spell the word / It's fine with me, with me
en 2014 w:Word Crimes w:"Weird Al" Yankovic But I don't want your drama / If you really wanna / Leave out that Oxford comma
en Alison Flood http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/27/brexit-50p-coin-boycott-philip-pullman-oxford-comma Philip Pullman calls for boycott of Brexit 50p coin over 'missing' Oxford comma 2020-01-27 The Guardian It is a debate that has torn the nation in two, ripped friends and family apart, and entrenched deep and uncrossable lines throughout the land. Should the Royal Mint have used an Oxford comma on its Brexit 50p piece? https://web.archive.org/web/20261019132439/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/27/brexit-50p-coin-boycott-philip-pullman-oxford-comma 19 October 2026
en terms derived from toponyms
en Punctuation marks