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Never underestimate the influence of a comma. In Maine, the Oxford comma helped a group of dairy drivers in a dispute with a company about overtime pay, The Guardian reported. The Oxford comma is used ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – It all came down to a missing comma, and not just any one. A federal appeals court decided this week to keep alive an Oakhurst Dairy drivers’ lawsuit seeking more than $10 ...

An Oxford, or serial, comma is the last comma in a list; it goes before the word "and." Technically, it's grammatically optional in American English. However, depending on the list you are writing out ...