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The Oxford comma wasn't a rule when I was a kid, but at least that rule has some good reasoning behind it!
by IggleSniggle 3y ago
The Oxford comma wasn't a rule when I was a kid, but at least that rule has some good reasoning behind it!
- dahart 3y agoIt was a rule somewhere, right? It was printed in a style manual in 1905. (I am totally assuming you’re not 115 years old. ;) )
- IggleSniggle 3y agoHa! Perhaps I should have said "when/where." I was specifically taught the rule was optional. A brief perusal of the Wikipedia article on the subject helps me understand that it should have been taught as "situational." And I learned about Sir Roger Casement's "hanged on a comma," so that's cool. Since it took me a minute to track down, here's the short of it so that I don't accidentally nerd-snipe anyone: http://web.archive.org/web/20110820004307/https://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question43706.html http://web.archive.org/web/20110820004307/https://www.funtri...