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   Hi, Gleb -- on May 13 2024 at 16:37, you wrote:   
      
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    GH> Hi Alexander,   
      
    GH> Mon 13 May 2024 at 12:17, you wrote to me:   
      
    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? :-)   
    AK> Yes, but I was slightly confused when read about "Oxford comma".   
      
    GH> What's funny is that it is also called "Harvard comma", so yes, it   
    GH> could be a yankee's comma too if you like.   
      
    GH> In a nutshell,   
    GH> ======   
    GH> Usage of the serial comma varies among writers and editors and also   
    GH> varies among the regional varieties of English. British English   
    GH> allows both the inclusion and omission of this comma, whereas in   
    GH> American English the comma is common and even considered mandatory   
    GH> by several style guides, with the APA style, The Chicago Manual of   
    GH> Style, Garner's Modern American Usage, Strunk and White's The   
    GH> Elements of Style, and the U.S. Government Printing Office Style   
    GH> Manual either recommending or requiring it. (../wiki/Serial_comma)   
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   Cheers... Dallas    
      
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