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the Oxford/Harvard/Donovan comma → ticker → station11
  1. 31 October 2005

    2005-10-31

    the Oxford/Harvard/Donovan comma

    I’ve always preferred the oxford comma, but wondered about it. It seems so wrong not to, but it’s so often omitted.

    red, white and blue
    red, white, and blue

    Why wouldn’t you precede the and with a comma? The comma indicates a pause, I don’t know the grammatical term for it. But it reminds me of an array, leaving the comma out makes for a two term array while the harvard correctly implies three.

    via Kjell Olsen2005-10-31

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