Horace Hart (1840-1916) was an English printer & biographer. He was the author of Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers, first issued in 1893. The Oxford comma has been attributed to him.
I see no reason to be so hurtful, Jo.
Jo@jokar.bsky.social · last wk.Oxford comma left out on purpose!
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A new book makes the case that “the history of punctuation is the history of humanity.” Is that going too far? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Curious Power of Punctuation
Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences?
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& then...? From the Shady Characters archive, delve into the history of the ampersand, or “and” sign, which goes all the way back to ancient Rome. Start at shadycharacters.co.u... to understand the hows & whys of this most elegant mark.
All commas are equal, but some commas are more equal than others.
Should you use the Oxford comma? One of the earliest treatments of punctuation in print, “Orthographiae Ratio” by Aldus Manutius the Younger, was published by the Aldine Press in 1566. It states: (Latin left, English right)
The Oxford Comma is NOT OPTIONAL. I will never understand why anyone denies the necessity and correctness of the Oxford Comma. There's no justifiable reason for leaving it out. It's 100% logical, reasonable, rational, and meaningful.
The Oxford comma really benefits the READER, and while we won't drop a writer for refusing to use it, we are especially grateful to those writers that do.
Surely a hyphen is sufficient. One mustn’t be greedy.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 6mo agoWait, why does Oxford get one? We want a comma.
The world would be a better place with more bookstores, bakeries, greenhouses, libraries, gargoyles, cat rescues, museums, and Oxford commas.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a list in possession of three or more items, must be in want of an Oxford comma.
Good morning to everyone except those who don’t use the Oxford comma.
There are two types of people in this world: Those who use the Oxford comma, and those who are wrong.