Subj : Grammar in the Bar
To   : Gleb Hlebov
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Thu May 16 2024 13:04:02

Hi, Gleb -- on May 13 2024 at 16:37, you wrote:

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 GH> Hi Alexander,

 GH> 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".

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

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


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Cheers... Dallas 

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