Oxford Comma (Writing) a comma ',' character separator before the last list item in a list of three or more items

Oxford Comma is a term in Lexicography that commonly means "a comma ',' character separator before the last list item in a list of three or more items." This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Writing.

Explanation of Oxford Comma

Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Oxford Comma." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 13 May. 2026, psylng.org/glossary/term/oxford-comma. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

APA 6

PsychLing (2026, May 13). Oxford Comma. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/term/oxford-comma

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Oxford Comma." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created May 13, 2026. Modified May 13, 2026. Accessed May 13, 2026. https://psylng.org/glossary/term/oxford-comma.

Bibliography

APA Dictionary

APA Contributors. "APA Dictionary of Psychology." Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://dictionary.apa.org. [Visit]

DLP

Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.

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