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    What is the Oxford comma?

    Question #124871. Asked by author. (Jan 25 12 6:57 PM)


    tazman6619

    		"The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma or Harvard comma, and sometimes referred to as the series comma) is the comma used immediately before a coordinating conjunction (usually and or or, and sometimes nor) preceding the final item in a list of three or more items."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma



    Jan 25 12, 7:13 PM

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