It's the timeless debate between the Oxford comma and the regular comma. But, what is the Oxford comma, exactly? Why do some ...

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This series of short films, with former Blue Peter presenter Radzi Chinyangany, explores the rules of punctuation by challenging teams of six children to complete punctuation tasks. This series ...

Researchers compared the distribution of punctuation marks in various experimental ... famously breaks the rules of normal prose through its unusual, dreamlike stream of consciousness.

The punctuation for integrating academic quotes is a little different ... Additionally, there are separate rules for long quotations. When a quote with citation ends a sentence, the period should go ...

When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example ... keep readers abiding by and enforcing prescriptive ...

“First you say ‘comma’ like a comma,” said one. “Then you say la like la, la, la, la.” said the other. Along with celebrity host Kerry Washington, they then led the crowd in saying the nam ...

And when did the Oxford comma become so controversial? We're answering all those questions and more for those of you unfamiliar with the Oxford comma rule, including examples for each.