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Without Oxford comma: "We invited JFK, the stripper and Stalin." [three distinct items in the list] With Oxford comma: "We invited JFK, the stripper, and Stali
by sov 3y ago
Without Oxford comma: "We invited JFK, the stripper and Stalin." [three distinct items in the list]
With Oxford comma: "We invited JFK, the stripper, and Stalin."[two named items in the list with an appositive affirming that we're talking about JFK the stripper and not the former president]
- alistairSH 3y agoYes, changing the order and the number of items (plural strippers in original to singular stripper in yours) changes the meaning. That is unsurprising.