When you're writing or typing and begin to list items in consecutive order, do you add a comma prior to the conjunction before the final item? Or not? The inclusion of that final comma is a great ...

When I first joined The Daily Illini, I was excited to take my first step into the world of journalism and writing. I was shocked, however, to find that my trusty friend the Oxford comma would not be ...

The Oxford comma is one of the linguistic devices that has always caused division and debate. Now, new Health Secretary Therese Coffey has come under fire after her office issued guidance telling ...

“There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken,” wrote author Lynne Truss in her punctuation ...

around) as evidence of why the Oxford Comma—a popular name for the otherwise termed serial comma that separates the final two items in a list—is so crucial. Slate thinks the screenshot makes the whole ...

Quite some time ago, my wife (Gina the Gorgeous) was introduced to the Pinterest website (you can also download a special Pinterest app to your smartphone or tablet). In the old days before computers, ...

A New York Times story last month on the new head of Britain’s state run health care system telling employees to avoid using the Oxford comma caught the eye of reader Dan Worrells of Lake San Marcos.

Yesterday, Mediabistro's GalleyCat ran a post that made it seem like Oxford University Press was dropping the use of its eponymous comma, also known as the serial comma. The story took off and became ...

Readers can get inside huge San Diego County stories, and learn more about the pressures and dangers — sometimes death — confronting journalists, during an event Saturday. The Festival of Journalism ...

The directive discourages the use of the contentious grammatical device, and also encourages employees to be “positive” and to avoid “jargon.” By Euan Ward LONDON — The government department that ...