Re: The last comma

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From: HHUSHER
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 20:27

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> 
Should the last item in a series be
preceded by a comma (before the word and) or not?  
OITN?  (Actually, I KNOW it's nitpicking, but is it a nit I should 
stick in or pick out?) 
>  Carol Reid
>  New York State Library

It's purely a matter of house style. Everywhere I go, we seem to use 
the serial comma (that insists on that second bit of punctuation), 
but lots of perfectly respectable places don't use it, and as long as 
it's consistent it works._______________________________________________
hhusher@night.vtc.vsc.edu
Helen Husher
Assistant Director of Institutional Advancement
Vermont Technical College
Randolph Center, VT 05061
802/728-3391
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