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 Message 4106 
 Alexander Koryagin to Gleb Hlebov 
 Grammar in the Bar 
 13 May 24 12:17:16 
 
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Hi, Gleb Hlebov!
I read your message from 12.05.2024 03:05

 ??>>> and find commas before "and".
 GH>
 GH> American English punctuation varies slightly from that in the
 GH> UK --  ??that's not news to us.
 GH> And you're not expecting American IT folks say "informatics",
 GH> are you? :-)

Yes, but I was slightly confused when read about "Oxford comma".

Bye, Gleb!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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