Not all style guides agree on whether to use the Oxford comma.

Why would you not use an oxford comma. Do you call it the serial comma or the Oxford comma. By the way this rule only applies to lists of three or more items. That is the question.

Because of that the marketer handwringing her hands as she attempts to decide whether to use it can stop. He bought eggs milk and bread. The dog is well trained and good natured.

Most newspapers and magazines drop the Oxford comma in a simple series apparently feeling that it is unnecessary. Its time to give up the ghost. Oxford commas are the galoshes of grammar.

If a sentence is structured properly the Oxford comma isnt necessary. While the style guides provide a clear set of rules for the Oxford comma this is far from an open and shut issue. The premiere grammar ruling for journalists says we dont need the Oxford comma.

Often a person is taught to ALWAYS or NEVER use an Oxford comma by some person at some point in his or her grammatical upbringing and because of this this person will take a pedantic stand one way or the other and vehemently oppose the er opposing faction of the Oxford comma divide. Mostly its down to personal style. The controversy is still raging on the internet and beyond on whether to use or not to use the Oxford comma.

The student thanked her principal Kanye West and her little brother. There is a ferocious grammatical debate over whether a comma should go before the final conjunction in a series of three or more elements. It is the difference between Bring hot glue an icepick and a hairnet and Bring hot glue an icepick and a hairnet Note.