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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 339501" data-attributes="member: 33">Oxford commas are in the news because one of the priorities of our new health secretary, Therese Coffey, isn&#039;t to sort out long hopsital waiting lists but to stop her staff from using Oxford commas.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/short-briefings-banned-jargon-and-no-oxford-commas-therese-coffeys-rules-for-department-of-health-staff-xbjzxhk5n[/URL]Personally, until now I&#039;ve never used the term &quot;Oxford commas&quot; I previously thought they were called serial commas. I never use them myself but I can see how in some circumstances they are an acceptable option. Oxford commas are the last comma in a list, for example:The best TV shows of the 1980s were soaps operas, Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, and The Thorn Birds.The comma after Knots Landing and before the word &quot;and&quot; is a serial, or Oxford, comma. Do you ever use for Oxford commas?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 339501, member: 33"] Oxford commas are in the news because one of the priorities of our new health secretary, Therese Coffey, isn't to sort out long hopsital waiting lists but to stop her staff from using Oxford commas. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/short-briefings-banned-jargon-and-no-oxford-commas-therese-coffeys-rules-for-department-of-health-staff-xbjzxhk5n[/URL] Personally, until now I've never used the term "Oxford commas" I previously thought they were called serial commas. I never use them myself but I can see how in some circumstances they are an acceptable option. Oxford commas are the last comma in a list, for example: [B]The best TV shows of the 1980s were soaps operas, Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, and The Thorn Birds.[/B] The comma after Knots Landing and before the word "and" is a serial, or Oxford, comma. Do you ever use for Oxford commas? [/QUOTE]

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