So I'm Writing a Paper..

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Originally Posted by NoMyths

Well, I never said I let my students do it in my English classes.

They have to do it according to the book, until they get good enough to break the rules on purpose. Tricky thing about those rules of grammar, though...they change over time. I for one despair over the death of the Oxford comma.

I didn't know that was called the "Oxford comma" until I google'd it. I gotta agree with you- I'm a big fan and it makes me look a little funny at sentences that don't have it there.

SI

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I tried going it without the Oxford comma for a while, but I found it clumsy.