| 单词 | serial comma |
| 释义 | > as lemmasserial comma serial comma n. originally and chiefly U.S. a comma immediately preceding the conjunction in a list of items; = Oxford comma n. at Oxford n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1922 Boston Globe 2 Nov. 14/7 An argument for the serial comma is found in..Gov. Miller's speech, ‘Courage, complete frankness, scorn of pretense and precise information mark his discussion.’ 1973 N.Y. Times 1 Apr. 28/1 I couldn't figure how 80 people could attend..a paper on the use of serial commas in ‘Coriolanus’. 2007 N.Y. Mag. 20 Aug. 69/3 They're not afraid to geek out—one song revolves around the divisive ‘Oxford’ or serial comma. < as lemmas |
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