Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: Comma rules that may give you pause

A few weeks ago, I mentioned in this space that serial commas, also called Oxford commas, are a matter of style. So either “red, white and blue” or “red, white, and blue” can be correct depending on ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: Some commas can give an editor pause

A lot of people are taught that a comma goes anywhere you want to indicate a pause. On the surface, that system appears to work out fine. Commas often do just that. But not always. Following this ...
Sun Journal

In a Word: Let’s pause and consider the comma

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The World

A Word, Please: The Oxford comma

That was the subject line of an email the Associated Press Stylebook editors recently sent to subscribers. To anyone who’s been on the frontlines of the comma wars, the message seemed like an olive ...
Sun Journal

In a word: An Oxford comma walks into a bar

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