Tag: oxford comma

  • The Best Rule in AP Style Is About Animals with Names

    The Best Rule in AP Style Is About Animals with Names

    As a dutiful student and practitioner of public relations, corporate communications, and journalism, I have become intimately familiar with AP style – like it or not. For example, I know that “Wi-Fi” is for some reason capitalized at all times and hyphenated regardless of where it’s used in a sentence. I know that the word…

  • The Oxford Comma: Yes, No, Or Who Cares?

    The Oxford Comma: Yes, No, Or Who Cares?

    The Oxford comma represents the rare example of a debate among grammar nerds that has spilled over into pop culture – at least a little bit. From Vampire Weekend beginning a song with the pressing question of “Who gives a f— about an Oxford comma?” to a court case whose outcome hinged on the lack…