English comma
Is it true that English comma is used more often in the US than in the UK?
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TinaMr Is it true that English comma is used more often in the US than in the UK? I don't think anybody has ever researched this question. On the face of it, however, it seems to me that the population of the US is much larger than the population of the UK, so there is probably a lot more written material in the US than in the UK, and that means that, in all probability, there are more commas in the US than in the UK.
- TinaMr Is it true that English comma is used more often in the US than in the UK?
- I don't think anybody has ever researched this question.
- On the face of it, however, it seems to me that the population of the US is much larger than the population of the UK, so there is probably a lot more written material in the US than in the UK, and that means that, in all probability, there are more commas in the US than in the UK.
- But I may have got the wrong end of the stick because I don't know what you mean by "English comma".
- What is an English comma?
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TinaMrIs it true that English comma is used more often in the US than in the UK?
I don't think anybody has ever researched this question.
On the face of it, however, it seems to me that the population of the US is much larger than the population of the UK, so there is probably a lot more written material in the US than in the UK, and that means
0Some may recognize it as "Oxford comma", but I've not heard of "English comma".
Technically speaking, it's called "serial/series comma", and can be used before "and/or".
Yes, it's not common in UK-based English, and the British don't use it unless lack of it causes misinterpretation for the reader.
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