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We don't have the "Oxford comma", but we do do lists with commas. And it would be really confusing if we didn't.
by erelde 10y ago
We don't have the "Oxford comma", but we do do lists with commas.
And it would be really confusing if we didn't.
- kuschku 10y agoThere’s also German, where lists are done as a, b, c and d. Oxford comma will get marked as mistake in an essay you write in Germany, and you’ll loose points for it.
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- charlesdm 10y agoSame for Dutch. HOWEVER: why not use it? It often just does not make sense not to use it. If a sentence can be interpreted in an ambiguous way, I personally wouldn't really care.
- kuschku 10y agoBecause if you know no one will ever use it, you also reduce ambiguity. Then you can solve the remaining issues with using — instead.