Summary of Ellen Jovin's Rebel with a Clause

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 The Oxford comma is the comma you see before the and in a list. It is highly encouraged by The Chicago Manual of Style, but The Associated Press Stylebook, which governs a lot of what you see in newspapers, doesn’t advocate using it unless it’s necessary for clarity. I believe strongly in The Chicago Manual of Style, and I use it often. It is a great resource, and I think it gets used more often than it should. But the people who write a lot of books in it are not necessarily the most representative of the population. -> The Oxford comma is the comma you see right before the and in a list.

#2 The Oxford comma is the comma you see before the and in a list. It is highly encouraged by The Chicago Manual of Style, but The Associated Press Stylebook, which governs a lot of what you see in newspapers, doesn’t advocate using it unless it’s necessary for clarity.

#3 There is no consensus on whether to use the Oxford comma. Some people, like Tucker, are Oxford comma purists, while others, like Oxford-Ambivalent Guy, are flexible.

#4 The Oxford comma is the comma that comes before the and in a list. It is highly encouraged by The Chicago Manual of Style, but some newspapers don’t use it.