Through twelve years of education: Primary, Secondary and High School and thirteen English teachers, not only were we never taught about the Oxford, we were actively taught that using a comma in the fashion an Oxford is employed is WRONG. I didn't learn about the Oxford until I was well into adulthood.
Are you telling that thirteen college degree holding teachers that taught me to read, write and to better speak were wrong?
Well, you can take your Oxford and get stuffed.
Some argue that it can make a sentance more clear and then demonstrate with some BS about Stalin, orange juice and strippers.
I call bullshit on low hanging fruit. It doesn't make it clearer, it's a fucking crutch for a poorly written sentance.
If a sentance is well composed and not a fucking syntaxual trainwreck, the Oxford won't matter on clarity... even if it is wrong.
When it comes to a language the majority is always right. Whatever is used the most is the correct usage. Most people use the Oxford comma so the Oxford comma is the correct way. Rules for academic writing and literally everything else are totally different.
Are you telling that thirteen college degree holding teachers that taught me to read, write and to better speak were wrong?
Well, you can take your Oxford and get stuffed.
Some argue that it can make a sentance more clear and then demonstrate with some BS about Stalin, orange juice and strippers.
I call bullshit on low hanging fruit. It doesn't make it clearer, it's a fucking crutch for a poorly written sentance.
If a sentance is well composed and not a fucking syntaxual trainwreck, the Oxford won't matter on clarity... even if it is wrong.