Tag: oxford comma
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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…
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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…