{"id":4355,"date":"2023-01-26T18:28:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:31:09","slug":"a-look-at-the-serial-comma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/a-look-at-the-serial-comma","title":{"rendered":"A serious look at the serial comma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">You might have heard it referred to as the Oxford comma. You also might have heard frequent debate about it in the annals of style guides everywhere, from Chicago to Oxford University. 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