The Oxford Comma Is Pointless
The Oxford Comma Is Pointless I hate the Oxford Comma. I hate the way it looks. I hate the way proponents of it get all high and mighty. But most of all - I hate that it... Doesn't fix the problem it's meant to fix Contradicts the logic of commas and "and" Creates new problems Other punctuation changes fix the problem better Frames ambiguity and contextualisation as a problem, when it simply is not Claims to be necessary, when many other languages are fine without it So, lets go claim by claim. Doesn't fix the problem it's meant to fix (image found here: The 'Oxford' Comma: Why That Dumb JFK/Stalin Meme Gets It Wrong ) We invited two strippers, JFK and Stalin. We invited two strippers, JFK, and Stalin. So this "problem" occurs because the following pattern: "Blah blah blah [plural noun] [pause] [noun 1] and [noun 2]." ... or more generally... "Blah blah blah [plural noun] [pause] [list]." ... are common ways to introdu...