A key goal of any newspaper should be communication. There is a reason writers stray from terms that may be unfamiliar to the common reader and attempt to make the ideas they present straightforward.

Debate the Oxford comma. The Oxford or serial comma (which I prefer) is the one that comes before the “and” in a series such as: “Kelly, Al, Kenny, Ellyn, Jill, Butch, and Roy teach at ...

The AP style guide is a constantly updating book, being published every other year with new rules and guidelines for an ever-changing world. The time is right for a new edition, one that can guarantee ...

Like most newspapers, the U-T, with some deviations, uses The Associated Press Stylebook. The AP guide says, generally, to not use the Oxford comma. Worrells disagreed.

The venerable style guide you know and love, or maybe love to complain about, the AP Stylebook, is having a big birthday. It's turning 60, and in honor of the occasion the approximately 500-page ...

I have finally realized that people's beliefs about serial commas are as fierce as people's thoughts on anchovies and reality shows. You either love them or hate them.

An "Oxford comma" was used before "and" in the first sentence, but is absent in the second, in accordance with the style used by The Associated Press. Guides to correct style differ and the issue ...

All about the Oxford comma, including when it may or may not be necessary. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Finance. Food. Games. Health. Home & Garden ...

Someone has raised the subject of the Oxford comma again, because Sir Philip Pullman is on a tear that the new British Brexit 50p piece omits the final comma in “Peace, prosperity and friends… ...

An Oxford comma can be found before ‘and’ or ‘or’ in a list format sentence. For example: Jumbo is friendly, majestic, and extraordinarily large. Unless you are an Oxford comma fanatic, you probably ...

The Associated Press Corp. is warning that users of the AP Stylebook may have been targeted in a phishing campaign following a data breach involving the theft of data from an old AP Stylebook website.

No Oxford comma in newspaper style. April 23, 2018 at 4:30 a.m. ... Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, ...