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   Alexander Koryagin to Gleb Hlebov   
   Grammar in the Bar   
   13 May 24 12:17:16   
   
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   Hi, Gleb Hlebov!   
   I read your message from 12.05.2024 03:05   
      
    ??>>> and find commas before "and".   
    GH>   
    GH> American English punctuation varies slightly from that in the   
    GH> UK --  ??that's not news to us.   
    GH> And you're not expecting American IT folks say "informatics",   
    GH> are you? :-)   
      
   Yes, but I was slightly confused when read about "Oxford comma".   
      
   Bye, Gleb!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2024   
      
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