On 24 February 2012 09:28, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On fre, 2012-02-24 at 09:16 +0000, Thom Brown wrote:
>> On 24 February 2012 09:05, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> > Add some enumeration commas, for consistency
>>
>> Are you sure about this? Generally a serial comma isn't used before
>> "and"
>
> It is in our source code. See also
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma.
Hmm... strikes me as a little odd, but okay. I've always followed
this recommendation:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/branding_toolkit/writing_and_style_guide/punctuation.html#athe_comma
--
Thom