Hi everyone! After my brief vacation — or as the Brits like to say, ‘holiday’ — the Oxford Comma is back! As the spring semester starts up, so too approaches my next term at Oxford: the Hilary term.

For example: Jumbo is friendly, majestic, and extraordinarily large. Unless you are an Oxford comma fanatic, you probably haven’t noticed, but the Daily omits the Oxford comma (following the precedent ...

And when did the Oxford comma become so controversial? We're answering all those questions and more for those of you unfamiliar with the Oxford comma rule, including examples for each.

Why Is the Oxford Comma So Controversial? The use of an Oxford comma is a controversial topic. In fact, it's known to spark debates similar to political and religious-focused conversations. The ...

They leaned into the controversy by writing a song attacking the very thing they were accused of. “Oxford Comma” became one of their defining songs, but it also delivered a shout-out to rapper ...

An example: I went to the zoo and saw apes, baboons, and chimpanzees. The Oxford comma is the one after “baboons.” Unneeded, you say, as you join the anti-Oxford side?

Trump likes the Oxford comma? That’s stunning, strange and disorienting. Also, now we know what Trump and Flaubert have in common.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee “liked to use the Oxford comma,” Westerhout said, referring to the grammatical option of putting a comma after the second-to-last item in a list.