[Editors] Commas, lists, and consistency

[William T.G. Litant]

It's house style - pick one and use that. Just be consistent (of  
course).

For what it's worth, I follow Chicago. Latest edition (15th ) says use  
the comma.

Bill

On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Jon Markowitz Bijur wrote:

> Dear editors,
>
> My department is having a civil argument about the use of commas in
> lists for informal writing (ie event listings on a website). Is it:
>
> eats, shoots, and leaves
> or
> eats, shoots and leaves
>
> ?
>
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