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Hi everyone! As I write this, it is currently May Morning here in Oxford, the date of a centuries-old tradition dedicated to heralding in the spring. Each year, thousands gather in front of Magdalen ...
Hello there from the United Kingdom! My name is Grace Nelson, and I am happy to welcome you to my new column, “The Oxford Comma!” This column will follow my journey as a visiting student at the ...
It doesn't matter if the conjunction is "and" or "or," the Oxford comma would come directly before it. That's if you're using the Oxford comma, in any case.
“Oxford Comma” became one of their defining songs, but it also delivered a shout-out to rapper Lil Jon. Meanwhile, the singer and guitarist Ezra Koenig’s preppy dress code made the ...
The Oxford comma might be a humble little curve, but as even Donald Trump apparently knows, its function is essential: It brings order to chaos. If only we had such a comma for life.
Trump’s surprise love of the Oxford comma A Senate primary shows money isn’t everything in politics How a father ends up “Mommy” to his 3-year-old ...
Mark Lasswell is an associate op-ed editor at The Post. Donald Trump’s hush money trial is unfolding mostly according to dismal plan. It’s a smutty, theatrical mashup of “Beauty and the ...
Again, “Oxford Comma” works brilliantly as the lament of a put-upon boyfriend. But it can also be seen as Vampire Weekend anticipating what some critics would say about the band coming from ...
The debate of this comma boils down to preference. Other styles of writing, like The Chicago Manual of Style, support the use of the Oxford comma. And individual writers certainly have their ...
The Oxford comma, or serial comma, comes before the conjunction in a list of three or more things. If you write, “The flag is red, white, and blue,” you’re using an Oxford comma.