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NBachers

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4. There are times when leaving it out gives a certain . . . accentuation or something,

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 12:19 AM

Feb 2018

but I'm usually in favor of the Oxford comma.

Healthy, wealthy, and wise. Each one stands alone and has their own individual value.

Healthy, wealthy and wise. Healthy stands alone- strong and independent, but wealthy and wise are more linked together; more of a shared value taken together.

I'm sure this proposal has been both beaten and supported in the ongoing controversy; I don't use the non-comma link often, but there are times when I think the accentuation and attention given to the linked values work.

Use where appropriate, I say.

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There are times when leaving it out gives a certain . . . accentuation or something, NBachers Feb 2018 #4

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