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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 84 points 3 months ago
[-] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

To this day I use it and refuse any other option.

[-] uuldika@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

I reject, protest and censure your endorsement of the Oxford Comma.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

Ending a case that electrified punctuation pedants, grammar goons and comma connoisseurs, Oakhurst Dairy settled an overtime dispute with its drivers that hinged entirely on the lack of an Oxford comma in state law.

Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million

[-] hactar42@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

My company has standardized document templates and none of them have Oxford commas. I will go through and add them any time I have to use one.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

*Serial comma[^1]

[^1]: The even smaller hill I’ll die on.

[-] Wilco@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Are you for or against it? I mean, it does have it's uses.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 months ago

For it. Its lack of use in a union contract was a factor in a court ruling some years back. That's when it went from pedantry to real-world consequence for me. Something was ruled similar to A and B rather than A or B.

this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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