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minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIs it the official French stance to omit the Oxford comma?
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI mean, reading that sentence, it certainly wouldn’t surprise me if they omitted it just to spite the British.
minus-squaremPony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago just to spite the British A fine justification, no matter the situation
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s only an Oxford comma if it’s from the region of Oxford. Otherwise it’s just sparkling interpunction.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoCambridge, Massachusetts has entered the chat, with a classical English accent.
minus-squarestormdelay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoCorrect, no comma before the last element if it is preceded by a conjunction (e.g. “et”, that is “and” in English) in French
minus-squareTimecircleline@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s the topic of the next debate.
Is it the official French stance to omit the Oxford comma?
I mean, reading that sentence, it certainly wouldn’t surprise me if they omitted it just to spite the British.
A fine justification, no matter the situation
It’s only an Oxford comma if it’s from the region of Oxford. Otherwise it’s just sparkling interpunction.
Cambridge, Massachusetts has entered the chat, with a classical English accent.
Correct, no comma before the last element if it is preceded by a conjunction (e.g. “et”, that is “and” in English) in French
That’s the topic of the next debate.
Yes,