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Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 17.05.2024 00:28

 AH>
 AS>> [Tom] An Oxford comma hops, skips, and jumps into a bar.
 AH>
 AK>> Tom's comma is probably also a yankee's comma. ;-) No
 AK>> comma in Oxford in the list before "and".
 AH>
 AS>> No, it is a genuine Oxford comma in mint condition, and I
 AS>> use it in both English and Russian. All the items of an
 AS>> enumeration shall be separated by commas lest the reader
 AS>> mistake the last two items for one combined.
 AH>
 AH>
 AH> Nicely put. I use the Oxford comma for the same reason.
 AH>
 AH> I'm interested to hear that one can also employ it in
 AH> Russian.... :-)

The comma before "and" is just an unnecessary thing that provides anything to
make the understanding more clear. With the same success you can put "and"
before every comma in the list. ;-)

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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