When you're writing or typing and begin to list items in consecutive order, do you add a comma prior to the conjunction before the final item? Or not? The inclusion of that final comma is a great ...

In school, I was taught about conjunctions (e.g. or and and) and the role they play in sentence structure – they are linking words. They do what they say on the tin: con-(i.e. with) and -junction (i.e ...

When I first joined The Daily Illini, I was excited to take my first step into the world of journalism and writing. I was shocked, however, to find that my trusty friend the Oxford comma would not be ...

Quite some time ago, my wife (Gina the Gorgeous) was introduced to the Pinterest website (you can also download a special Pinterest app to your smartphone or tablet). In the old days before computers, ...

Peter H. Sutcliffe stood from his chair, nearly knocking it backward as he stumbled through the dark dining room toward the door, which opened to reveal a rather stalwart man in Edwardian dress. He ...

around) as evidence of why the Oxford Comma—a popular name for the otherwise termed serial comma that separates the final two items in a list—is so crucial. Slate thinks the screenshot makes the whole ...

“There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken,” wrote author Lynne Truss in her punctuation ...

A recent headline in Variety, “Trammell Tillman on ‘Severance’ Delays, Coming Out as Gay and Tom Cruise” prompted grammar ...

Hi everyone! As I write this, it is currently May Morning here in Oxford, the date of a centuries-old tradition dedicated to heralding in the spring. Each year, thousands gather in front of Magdalen ...

Hello there from the United Kingdom! My name is Grace Nelson, and I am happy to welcome you to my new column, “The Oxford Comma!” This column will follow my journey as a visiting student at the ...