英语词汇“oxford comma”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Oxford comma n. [after the preferred use of such a comma to avoid ambiguity in the house style of Oxford University Press] a comma immediately preceding the conjunction in a list of items.

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1978 P. Sutcliffe Oxf. Univ. Press iv. i. 114 It was [F. H.] Collins who invented the ‘Oxford comma’, for which he obtained support from Herbert Spencer.

1990 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 9 Nov. a2 Do you know what an ‘Oxford comma’ is? One that precedes a conjunction. As the one between the ‘b’ and the ‘and’ in: ‘a, b, and c’. Hardly anybody uses the Oxford comma anymore. It's rarely needed.

2020 P. Pullman in Oxf. Times 30 Jan. 4/4 The ‘Brexit’ 50p coin is missing an Oxford comma, and should be boycotted by all literate people.

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释义	> as lemmas Oxford comma Oxford comma n. [after the preferred use of such a comma to avoid ambiguity in the house style of Oxford University Press] a comma immediately preceding the conjunction in a list of items. ΚΠ 1978 P. Sutcliffe Oxf. Univ. Press iv. i. 114 It was [F. H.] Collins who invented the ‘Oxford comma’, for which he obtained support from Herbert Spencer. 1990 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 9 Nov. a2 Do you know what an ‘Oxford comma’ is? One that precedes a conjunction. As the one between the ‘b’ and the ‘and’ in: ‘a, b, and c’. Hardly anybody uses the Oxford comma anymore. It's rarely needed. 2020 P. Pullman in Oxf. Times 30 Jan. 4/4 The ‘Brexit’ 50p coin is missing an Oxford comma, and should be boycotted by all literate people. extracted from Oxfordn.adj. < as lemmas
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