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TO SERIAL COMMA OR NOT TO SERIAL COMMA?

his isn’t actually a grammar question so much as a personal choice., an industry bible that dictates more of my behaviors than the actual Bible, does not use the serial comma unless the meaning of the sentence would otherwise be lost (“My passions include making art, music, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches”). The other major guidebook, , employs the serial comma, arguing it clarifies most sentences.

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