What is the Oxford Comma? | Basic English Grammar Rules | ESL | SAT | TOEFL

What is the Oxford Comma? It’s that extra little comma at the end of a list. Do you really need oxford commas? In this video, we include some examples to show when these punctuation marks are VERY useful.

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[andresgongoraYT]

I didn't know that the Oxford comma had it's own name. I've always used it (I'm not a native English speaker) as I thought it was common practice to avoid ambiguity. Thank you for the fun explanation!

[jamesm.]

It just always made intuitive sense to me! So surprising is it to say how many texts don't use the Oxford comma.

[TheWriterWalker]

What a delightful series of video lessons this is!

[pauloevans]

Thank you so much! now I can sleep well.

[talenthunt]

I am so sincerely thankful to you that I got crazy of you: teaching. GOOD MORNING

[smallzy]

I met the highest lama
His accent sounded fine
To me

[nooraalameri]

you are amazing!
I like your way in explaining everything!!

thanks alottt dear😘

[max]

German doesn't have the "oxford comma" and it still works. Along the way we somewhere ditched almost all the commas before "and"

[XxGamerGuyxX]

wow 0 dislikes! keep up the good work!

[thomasdunmore]

I just heard John Dean mention this comma on CNN. The lady in the video's first comments about despicable people was the same as John Deans comments, and about the necessity for the argument for and against said Oxford Comma. Mind blown!

[judsongaiden]

If you need it sometimes, you need it all the time. Rules need to be consistent, otherwise they're meaningless. And this one isn't meaningless, because results have shows its necessity in conveying information, especially instructional information, with forthright clarity, competence, and eloquence.

Companies have lost money due to employees misinterpreting instructions due to the lack of Oxford commas. Can't blame the employees. It's not their job to second-guess instructions.

[patriciomendez]

I love these videos. Thank you for making them, Socratica!

[christianlandschutzer]

While omitting the Oxford comma leaves it unclear whether the last two things listed are more closely related than the things before them, adding them just reads wrong.

[zzsql]

She would be right except for conjunctions are intended to replace any adjacent punctuation.

[mizanali]

can you explain the difference between clause and phrase? i searched it up but i still don't understand; can you simplify it for me please?

[kenrutherford]

You can write "He ordered a sandwich, a glass of milk, and a pickle" or "He ordered a sandwich, a glass of milk and a pickle." Both sentences, with and without the Oxford comma, mean the same thing.

[StrongPoliticalViews]

Is there one to show how to use a regular comma?

[JF]

is this only forma the english language, ?

[fairygetfun]

Could you please help me, with the toefl exam, I have a lot of problems with this.

[rizwanhamid]

Plz give study tips for the students of english literature.