oxford comma

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Oxford comma
 
n
a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word `and' or `or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
 
[C20: because it was traditionally a feature of the house style at Oxford University Press]

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Main Entry:  Oxford comma
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See serial comma
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Oxford comma is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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