Oxford Comma

[Tupac Shakur]

Foreigners studying English as a second language should treat American English as the standard.

[MikeH]

If you want to sound thick.

[Tupac Shakur]

Better than sounding like every Hollywood villain...

[MikeH]

They have to get a Brit in if they want someone who can act.

[Tupac Shakur]

The Iron Lady

[MikeH]

Great! Finally Hollywood casts an American as a villain.

[Tupac Shakur]

Yes, but she's playing a British villain.

[Arrian]

I didn't know this was called the "Oxford Comma." I used it until it was beaten out of me at work. I still prefer it.

Two spaces after a period? Of course. Down with the single space.

-Arrian

[Asher]

A comma before the and at the end of a list looks plain wrong to me. It's definitely not used that way in British English, and wasn't taught that way when I learnt ~25 years ago.

Ok. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...a-common-sense



That's exactly when I think it should be used, not by default on a list. Ugh.

There's no reason not to always use it if it's spoken the same each time. Having arbitrary grammar rules is one of the biggest flaws of English that Canada is working tirelessly to correct...you hoser.

[MikeH]

If it wasn't the same in the US we wouldn't be having this conversation, no-one would give a crap what you did in your half-French colony.

[Asher]

Well, the US is a Canadian puppet state so I'm not sure that's a fair statement.

[MikeH]

Jaques LeBama

[Tupac Shakur]

If it wasn't the same in the US we wouldn't be having this conversation, no-one would give a crap what you did in your half-French colony.

Canada is a much more successful nation than the UK.

[MikeH]

Totally depends on your definition of success. They aren't as successful at Rugby.

[Asher]

Totally depends on your definition of success. They aren't as successful at Rugby.

Lack of success at Rugby correlates to better overall success.