Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

They leaned into the controversy by writing a song attacking the very thing they were accused of. “Oxford Comma” became one of their defining songs, but it also delivered a shout-out to rapper Lil Jon ...

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.

It’s just a comma, my friend complained to me last week while I was editing her essay. I had told her, politely but firmly, that one of her sentences was incorrect without a comma; she did not take it ...

Do your clients and the courts a favor -- when distinguishing items in a list, choose critical clarity, avoid confusion, and include the Oxford comma. If you know appellate judges, you know they are ...

The Major League home-run champion, Giancarlo Stanton. A comma is needed because he’s the only ML home-run champion. (Image courtesy mlb.com) This message came over the transom the other day: Hi Ben!

A colleague recently stumbled upon an unexpected gem on his bookshelf: a surprise bestseller about punctuation. At first glance, it hardly sounds like a riveting page-turner. But the more I thought ...