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Spelling is not grammar and complaining about correct punctuation when one uses a grave accent instead of an apostrophe makes the argument invalid.
That is correct, sir.
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At best serial a comma is unnecessary, and can frequently cause confusion.
Of course the Oxford comma is redundant if you correctly introduce the list (as in the “incorrect” instance) with a colon.
We invited the strippers: JFK and Stalin.
The so-called “Oxford” comma is not a serial comma in the example. Rather, it is to introduce an appositive.
In addition, a so-called “list” consisting only of two items does not need a comma.
Jane, my mother in law, likes food, love and or entertainment a.k.a. distractions, diversions and deviations: perversions, abnormalities, eccentricities, et cetera.
America!!!!!
‘Merica!
The fifth one down, about the average American, is just a badly worded sentence. There is no way any sort of Punctuation would make that sentence any better without adding words.
Today, 3/11/13 I took a NYS DEC exam , the misspelling , grammar and punctuation was so horrific that I failed the exam costing me hundreds of dollars and my pride. I quickly made the test proctor aware of the situation . But nothing can be done now.