tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5387457816314202338..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: We don't need no Oxford commasJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-35218821870513121682022-08-27T00:01:46.279+01:002022-08-27T00:01:46.279+01:00My view is mostly from having to do close readings...My view is mostly from having to do close readings of many texts and my conclusion is that a writer really ought to be consistent in their own writing. The idea that one might use a serial comma in some instances but not others is thus one I couldn’t get along with. In my own writing I would say that if one is including a sub-clause when writing a list of items then those items shouldn’t be separated by a comma at all but by a semi-colon (as is normal for lists of longer strings of words) and that the serial comma is not to blame for this confusion at all!<br /><br />Personally I don’t like the name Oxford Comma either. As I understand it OUP adopted the comma but didn’t invent it and it’s association with them is purely for appearance’s sake (good or bad)SJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-63470065181530492492022-08-19T14:02:40.205+01:002022-08-19T14:02:40.205+01:00Absobloodylutely!Absobloodylutely!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963222118853543674noreply@blogger.com