#harvard comma

[angleofmusings]

pls dni and unfollow me if you’re homophobic, don’t use people’s pronouns, or refuse to accept the superiority of the series comma

this is only partially a joke

[cjjasp]

Comatose Ambiguity

The Chicago Manual of Style, Strunk and White’s Elements of Style, most authorities on American English and Canadian English, and some authorities on British English (for example, Oxford University Press and Fowler’s Modern English Usage) recommend or require the use of the Oxford comma, also known as a serial comma.

Newspaper style guides (such as those published by The New York Times, The Los…

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[alittlebitirish]

So I am typing out this massive Rules and Regs manual at work...

and I am supposed to type it exactly as written, but there is a distinct lack of serial commas, and it's driving me CRAZY.

teacake421 will feel me on this.

[the-writing-desk]

What's your opinion on the Oxford comma?

The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma or Harvard comma, and sometimes referred to as the series comma) is the comma used immediately before acoordinating conjunction (usually and or or, and sometimes nor) preceding the final item in a list of three or more items. For example, a list of three countries can be punctuated as "Portugal, Spain, and France"

-Wikipedia, Serial Comma

Personally? I like it, I like using it, and I think it's a personal preference for every writer. I won't say everyone should use it, but consider using it if you feel you find yourself repetitive (instead of saying "Spain and Portugal and France", use the Oxford Comma). 

[enigmaticjewishmom]

STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW UGLY YOU ARE

But we all know that once you stop complaining about that, then you'll start complaining about how no boys like you, then after some guy finally gets with you, you can complain about how all of your friends aren't loyal and are all these bitch ass hoes just trying to make you look bad; then after you really have no friends, you start complaining about how ugly you are (AGAIN) even though it's obvious that you're skinny, and might even have a good face, making you "pretty" which gets you more friends, then the whole thing starts again.

I just have one question, WHY ALL YOU HOES TUMBLIN!?

Bytheway, that big paragraph was all one sentence.

Semicolons<333

[intosupernova]

Serial Comma (or Oxford/Harvard Comma)

i have always used the serial comma since i was a kid :L i don't get why people don't use it, it makes everything so much clearer. it is actually irritating when i read something and there's no serial comma.