Fight the Grammer Nazis

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by Sundae

I didn't know it was called an Oxford comma.
I was taught to write without it though.

The Oxford comma (I never knew it has a name!) was introduced around the early 90's. When we were learning how to write, we weren't supposed to put a comma before the word 'and.' From what I heard, we had lawyers to thank for the grammar change. They needed that extra comma to make things clearer in legal documents.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

The Oxford comma (I never knew it has a name!) was introduced around the early 90's. When we were learning how to write, we weren't supposed to put a comma before the word 'and.' From what I heard, we had lawyers to thank for the grammar change. They needed that extra comma to make things clearer in legal documents.

The Oxford comma (?) has been around much longer than the early 90's. It was taught as an optional use of the comma when I was in high school back in the 60's.