For example in He bought eggs milk and bread theres a comma between each item listed.

Funny examples of no oxford comma. This book is dedicated to my parents Ayn Rand and God. You can have my Oxford comma when you pry it from my cold dead and lifeless hands. Or you may be giving unintended meaning to the first item in the list as in the first example where it sounds like the strippers are JFK and Stalin.

In some cases you can leave the Oxford comma out without changing the. You love your parents - Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty. The Oxford Comma refers to that serial comma used before coordinating conjunctions in a list of things.

There are many funny memes about the Oxford comma and videos that will make you laugh. All hail the Oxford comma. Not all style guides agree on whether to use the Oxford comma.

Amongst those interviewed were Merle Haggards two ex-wives Kris Krisofferson and Robert Duvall. The comma before and is the Oxford comma. And may just prove the point that commas in general are needed but technically it is missing a serial comma too.

Here are a few more examples. But with the punctuation symbol everything falls into place. A comma between the words black and baby may have avoided the possibility of the poster being branded racist or dumb.

Take a look at these hilarious examples of real-world sentences that are sorely missing a serial comma. You may be unintentionally grouping the last two list items together as in the second example where toast and orange juice sounds like one entity. She reads young adult science fiction and nonfiction.