So the rule here is no comma. Oxford commas: In “red, white, and blue,” it’s my job to delete the comma before “and.” But this isn’t a matter of right or wrong. It’s just a matter of ...

Use a comma before every sequence of three numbers Example: The temperature outside felt like it was 235,000 degrees. This rule does not apply to house numbers or years.

Q: Years (and years!) ago when I learned grammar and usage from the Sisters of St. Joseph in a Brooklyn, N.Y., grammar school, a series of nouns used a comma to separate the nouns until the last on… ...

The Oxford comma should be included before the final "and" in lists. For example, a list of three drinks might be punctuated either as "beer, wine, and whisky", or as "beer, wine and whisky".

The rules of grammar say you do not have to have a comma before a conjunction if what follows would not be a complete sentence. But the rules of clarity say you should try to see where your sentences ...

They say examples like “We invited the strippers, JFK and Stalin” show how one more comma would make clear that JFK and Stalin were not strippers. But their argument falls apart when you ...

If you include a comma before the "and" and final item, you are using the Oxford comma. If you leave out that final comma, you do not abide by the Oxford comma rule. Here Is an Example of Each to ...

Ben Yagoda explains why we need one in “the Major League home-run champion, Giancarlo Stanton,” and notes a peculiarity in their usage today.

Use a comma before every sequence of three numbers Example: The temperature outside felt like it was 235,000 degrees. This rule does not apply to house numbers or years.