Sometimes an Oxford Comma is Wrong
rogersgeorge on September 30th, 2021
The three readers of this site know that I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. That’s the comma just before the conjunction when you have a list. But what if the last two things in the list aren’t in the list?
This isn’t a list, it’s an appositive, which also takes a comma. An appositive is when you describe something, then name it. Here’s another example: “I like our English teacher, Mr. George.” Do you like two things you’re describing? Then it’s “my brothers, Bob and Bill.”
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