Where do you fall on the oxford comma debate. I for one have always used the oxford comma. Why do you use it in your writing, or why do you not use that "Comma Style"?
I was originally taught not to use it but have drifted towards using it as the results tend to be less ambiguous.
Where do you fall on the oxford comma debate. I for one have always used the oxford comma. Why do you use it in your writing, or why do you not use that "Comma Style"?
That's funny because I was always taught to use it. I guess it depends on the teacher?
It's gone in and out of style, so it might depend on a person's age. In my lifetime, I was taught was both ways, but I've rejected the "don't use it" teaching.
There is no reason not to use it, and not using it can result in problems with certain sequential constructions. Use it.
caw
I can't think of a single example of when leaving out that last comma would improve a sentence.
We invited the strippers, Joseph Lenin and John F. Kennedy.
VS.
We invited the strippers, Joseph Lenin, and John F. Kennedy.
WHICH ONE IS FUNNIER? With or without the serial comma?
Where do you fall on the oxford comma debate. I for one have always used the oxford comma. Why do you use it in your writing, or why do you not use that "Comma Style"?
Don't you mean "pull off?"Which one is true? A funny mistake is still a mistake.
(Anyway, of course I'd prefer to see strippers skilled enough to pull up Lenin and Kennedy.)
Now that is figured out, I need to come to some conclusion on the best way to form the possessive of words ending with an S.