Oxford commas? Let common sense prevail | David Marsh | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Grammarians, English teachers, and fussy lawyers on editorial boards insist - as do Strunk & White in Elements of Style - that the comma before "and fussy lawyers" is a must. Not so fast.

Oxford commas? Let common sense prevail | David Marsh | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma? asked Vampire Weekend. Quite a few people, it turns out, including the entire population of the United States (or the significant proportion thereof that uses Twitter).

The horrified reaction to last week's much retweeted, if inaccurate, claim that 'Oxford University is abandoning the Oxford comma' was led by Americans alarmed at this new threat to the special relationship."