The Oxford Comma

[NSA]

When you're writing a sentence and you include a few things, when you're coming to the end of the list and the time comes for you to use the word "and", do you stick a comma in front of it?

I see people do it all the time.
The first time I seen somebody do it I was like... wtf?
Today in college my friend brought this up and everyone in class started arguing over whether it is right to use it or not (regardless of the situation).

So what do you think?
Don't you know?
Well, which one of these sentences looks right to you?

"I would like to thank my parents, Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey".
OR
"I would like to thank my parents, Bill Clinton, and Oprah Winfrey".

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[Khalil]

I think the first sentence is the correct one but both of them look alright/correct tough, at least that's how i write it if i include an "and" in my sentence...

 

[Macemore]

When you're writing a sentence and you include a few things, when you're coming to the end of the list and the time comes for you to use the word "and", do you stick a comma in front of it?

I see people do it all the time.
The first time I seen somebody do it I was like... wtf?
Today in college my friend brought this up and everyone in class started arguing over whether it is right to use it or not (regardless of the situation).

So what do you think?
Don't you know?
Well, which one of these sentences looks right to you?

"I would like to thank my parents, Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey".
OR
"I would like to thank my parents, Bill Clinton, and Oprah Winfrey".

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You must be registered for see links

It depends
are you pausing before the 'and'? if so then yes, I add a comma before it.

"I like batman, robbin, and some crazy ass porn"
"I like batman, robbin and some crazy ass porn" sounds like I'm saying I like robbin in some crazy ass porno

 

[Sabo]

The first one i believe to be grammatically correct.

 

[Wassim]

The first look's Correct to me.

 

[Baevus]

"I would like to thank my parents, Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey".
When you use and you don't need a comma.

 

[Find]

In the words of vampire weekend, who gives a fuck about an oxford comma