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serial comma

Syllabification: (se·ri·al com·ma)
Definition of serial comma

noun

  • a comma used after the penultimate item in a list of three or more items, before ‘and’ or ‘or’ (e.g., an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect). Also called Harvard comma, Oxford comma.

serial comma in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of serial comma in the British & World English dictionary