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Jodie Corwin Watson's avatar

Anne, Don't get me started on the Oxford comma. To the day I retired, I required that my students continue to use the Oxford comma when their sentence had three or more iwords, pharses, or sentences in a series. I don't like change, especially when it causes more confusion for writers. I also told my students who had a love-hate relationship with commas that more is not better. When in doubt, leave it out. So many kids dot their sentences with random commas that serve absolutely NO purpose.

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Mary Kathryn Vernon's avatar

Thanks, Annie, for another informative and hilarious piece of writing. I had a restorative laughing fit, I got some needed support for my stance on the Oxford comma, and I didn't fall into a coma whilst reading it.

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