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Hi Alexander,

Mon 13 May 2024 at 12:17, you wrote to me:

 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? :-)
 AK> Yes, but I was slightly confused when read about "Oxford comma".

What's funny is that it is also called "Harvard comma", so yes, it could be a
yankee's comma too if you like.

In a nutshell,
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Usage of the serial comma varies among writers and editors and also varies
among the regional varieties of English. British English allows both the
inclusion and omission of this comma, whereas in American English the comma is
common and even considered mandatory by several style guides, with the APA
style, The Chicago Manual of Style, Garner's Modern American Usage, Strunk and
White's The Elements of Style, and the U.S. Government Printing Office Style
Manual either recommending or requiring it. (../wiki/Serial_comma)
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