Grammar's great divide: The Oxford comma - TED-Ed
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If you read "Bob, a DJ and a clown" on a guest list, are three people
coming to the party, or only one? That depends on whether you're for or
against the Oxford comma -- perhaps the most hotly contested
punctuation mark of all time. When do we use one? Can it really be optional,
or is there a universal rule? TED-Ed explores both sides of this comma
conundrum.
Provide two arguments for why you should use the Oxford comma and two for why you should not.
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- Educator Jessica Ruby, Alex Gendler
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