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Old 09-30-2011, 10:23 PM   #69
Lola Bunny
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Originally Posted by Sundae View Post

I didn't know it was called an Oxford comma.
I was taught to write without it though.
The Oxford comma (I never knew it has a name!) was introduced around the early 90's. When we were learning how to write, we weren't supposed to put a comma before the word 'and.' From what I heard, we had lawyers to thank for the grammar change. They needed that extra comma to make things clearer in legal documents.
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