![]() The only thing that’s changed is the settings location. Microsoft Word has had Oxford comma checks ever since Word 2002 (XP). One point-of-view is to use the extra comma only when it’s needed for clarity. Adding a comma can eliminate that (unlikely) possibility.īut to others the extra comma is a question of style or clarity. ” could imply that the parents’ names are Ayn Rand and the Almighty. For example “ To my parents, Ayn Rand and God. Wikipedia has some good examples of where the ‘extra’ comma makes the meaning clear. It’s a question of whether to add a comma at the end of a list for example: The Oxford comma is one of those grammatical things that most people don’t worry about but can get others soooo excited. It’s a feature in the latest Word 365 and Word 2021/2019 way back to Word XP (2002). Word can warn you about the ‘Oxford’ or serial comma’ whether you prefer to use the extra comma or not.
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