Subj : Grammar in the Bar
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Gleb Hlebov
Date : Mon May 13 2024 16:37:50

Hi Alexander,

Mon 13 May 2024 at 12:17, you wrote to me:

 GH>> American English punctuation varies slightly from that in the
 GH>> UK --  ??that's not news to us.
 GH>> And you're not expecting American IT folks say "informatics",
 GH>> are you? :-)
 AK> Yes, but I was slightly confused when read about "Oxford comma".

What's funny is that it is also called "Harvard comma", so yes, it could be a yankee's comma too if you like.

In a nutshell,
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Usage of the serial comma varies among writers and editors and also varies among the regional varieties of English. British English allows both the inclusion and omission of this comma, whereas in American English the comma is common and even considered mandatory by several style guides, with the APA style, The Chicago Manual of Style, Garner's Modern American Usage, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, and the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual either recommending or requiring it. (../wiki/Serial_comma)
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