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In message , GordonD
writes:
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Charles is also Duke of Rothesay, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles,
and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. (I wouldn't normally use an
Oxford comma but feel it avoids ambiguity here.)

I tend to use it all the time; certainly it avoids ambiguity where the
last or second-last entry is a multiple (e. g. contains "and") as here,
but I've never seen any problem caused by using it everywhere. In fact,
I always found/find that _not_ using it seems unnatural, and implies a
connection between the last two that is not there in practice.

It reflects how I'd speak a list - I'd always put the same pause before
the final "and" as I would between earlier entries, so I feel happier
putting a comma there when writing/typing it.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:27:12 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , GordonD
writes:
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Charles is also Duke of Rothesay, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles,
and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. (I wouldn't normally use an
Oxford comma but feel it avoids ambiguity here.)

I tend to use it all the time;


Same with me (except occasionally when I forget G)


certainly it avoids ambiguity where the
last or second-last entry is a multiple (e. g. contains "and") as here,
but I've never seen any problem caused by using it everywhere. In fact,
I always found/find that _not_ using it seems unnatural, and implies a
connection between the last two that is not there in practice.

It reflects how I'd speak a list - I'd always put the same pause before
the final "and" as I would between earlier entries, so I feel happier
putting a comma there when writing/typing it.


If it were up to me, it would be a standard.