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CaseyGirl
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Help settle a grammer debate
I had my DS's holiday pic taken on Saturday and I also wound up doing the cards at Buy Buy Baby, a package deal they had. I signed the cards "Love, Tom, Jen and Tommy". My sister told me it should be "Love, Tom, Jen, and Tommy" with a comma after the Jen. The way I learned was that if there is an "and" then no comma...I disagree..what do you think?
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Eireann
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Either is acceptable, but I think more people omit the comma. I write both ways--depending on my mood. 
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:36 AM |
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jlk51496
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
I use a comma there!
But I am pretty sure both are acceptable!
Message edited 11/19/2012 10:39:01 AM.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:37 AM |
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melbalalala
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
I never used a comma there until my current job and now I use it all the time. I don't think you can go wrong either way.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:38 AM |
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NaturalMom
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
No comma!
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:39 AM |
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ElizaRags35
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Help settle a grammer debate
I always use a comma there.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:39 AM |
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BargainMama
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Help settle a grammer debate
I always use a comma there
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:39 AM |
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stinger
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Grammatically correct: no comma after Jen.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:39 AM |
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APT910
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
I agree with you. I wouldn't put a comma after Jen.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:42 AM |
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Bearcat
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
I always use a comma there, but either way is correct.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:42 AM |
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Posted by Eireann
Either is acceptable, but I think more people omit the comma. I write both ways--depending on my mood.
This!
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:45 AM |
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JRsMaMa
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Posted by stinger
Grammatically correct: no comma after Jen.
This!
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:46 AM |
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amac27
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Both ways are actually grammatically correct. Personally, I would have omitted the comma as well.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:50 AM |
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halfbaked
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Posted by amac27
Both ways are actually grammatically correct. Personally, I would have omitted the comma as well.
Ditto.
Also "grammar" not "grammer".   I'm sorry, I had to!
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:52 AM |
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dlj97
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Help settle a grammer debate
No comma
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:57 AM |
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Tulips915
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
No comma
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:58 AM |
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Jax430
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Posted by Bearcat
I always use a comma there, but either way is correct.
Same here.
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| Posted 11/19/12 11:06 AM |
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rojerono
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
As others have said, the Oxford comma is not REQUIRED. I only use it in instances where their may be ambiguity. A list of first names on a Christmas card to family and friends is hardly ambiguous and I don't think even the most adamant supporters of the Oxford comma would find it necessary in such a clearly colloquial place.
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| Posted 11/19/12 11:10 AM |
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blustar214
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Oxford comma - I always use this style 
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| Posted 11/19/12 11:23 AM |
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Help settle a grammer debate
When I list things there is always a comma on the last name before the "and". The only time I don't do it that way is when my sister, my husband, and I sign a card. So it's "Love, Diana, Lynsie, Linda and Bob" because "Linda and Bob" are a couple so I couple them together. If Bob were a 4th child, I would put "Love, Diana, Lynsie, Linda, and Bob."
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| Posted 11/19/12 11:25 AM |
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mrswask
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
I never put the comma after the "and" but I also avoid the whole issue on holiday cards by using the ampersand sign - Michal, Jamie & Jordan.
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| Posted 11/19/12 11:35 AM |
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Eireann
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
Posted by blustar214
Oxford comma - I always use this style
Here's how lame I am...I figured because it's called the OXFORD comma, really smart-sounding British people must use it so I started using it to really impress everyone  ...then I came to find out it's not even used in the UK.
ETA: and even though both are considered "acceptable," the REALLY proper way (in this country, at least) is to INCLUDE it. And...I agree with rojerono..
Message edited 11/19/2012 11:41:34 AM.
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Bridex100
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
No comma.
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| Posted 11/19/12 11:37 AM |
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DumpsterBaby
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Re: Help settle a grammer debate
No comma for me.
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| Posted 11/19/12 11:39 AM |
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klingklang77
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Help settle a grammer debate
You could do both. Both are correct. According to APA rules, you need to use the comma after Jen.
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