I don’t mind being prescriptive in this case and think there should be a “rule” that commas should always precede the conjunction with items in a series. Often when I am reading Time magazine I become frustrated with Time’s strict rule of omitting the comma.

Gerald



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I have my opinions, but I'm interested in others' judgments on this multimillion dollar lawsuit<http://www.natlawreview.com/article/nc-business-court-takes-oxford-comma> that hinges on a question of commas and modification.

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