Grammar geeks battle report: the Oxford comma

Posted on March 18, 2014 | 4 Comments

TO: GRAMMAR GEEKS UNIT
FROM: M. GARDINER

BATTLE STATUS REPORT: THE OXFORD COMMA

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djpaterson | March 18, 2014 at 1:04 pm | Reply

I’m all for the Oxford comma, especially as it not being used meant I missed out on that party invite.
susan (tactical commander, GGU) | March 18, 2014 at 3:01 pm | Reply

Oh, poor DJ. But it was a dull party, apparently.

But, mon dieu, the Grammar Geeks Unit was founded in 2006? Where did the time go?
- Meg | March 18, 2014 at 3:12 pm | Reply
  
  We’ve been in the trenches. Time flies when you’re having fun.
peggyreads | March 20, 2014 at 1:17 pm | Reply

I support the Oxford Comma.

I am also a grammar geek and it’s nice to know I am not alone. The protagonist of one of my all-time favorite books is an English teacher and the story is full of great lines. I like to use quotes from things I read as a signature for my email. I use this one a lot:

“Did he ever make threatening remarks to your husband or gestures?” I rarely failed anyone in English, but I would have loved to be able to flunk Gevinski for that sentence.”
After All These Years by Susan Isaacs