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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Horace Hart (1840-1916) was an English printer & biographer. He was the author of Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers, first issued in 1893. The Oxford comma has been attributed to him.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shhhh….
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I do.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I see no reason to be so hurtful, Jo.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s never too late to learn, @lsmewtwo.bsky.social
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 27/09/2026
Oxford looking magical last night 🌕✨ The Harvest Moon lit up the night sky - the name traditionally given to the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. 📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford
Radcliffe Camera: The Radcliffe Camera illuminated at night, with dramatic clouds glowing around the bright moon above Oxford’s historic buildings.Bridge of Sighs: Oxford’s Bridge of Sighs at night, warmly lit beneath a deep blue sky filled with textured, moonlit clouds.    High Street: Historic University of Oxford buildings along the High Street at night, beneath a bright moon partially obscured by dramatic clouds.All Souls College: All Souls College at night, with its historic stone façade and illuminated doorways beneath a dramatic, cloud-filled moonlit sky.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 27/09/2026
A new book makes the case that “the history of punctuation is the history of humanity.” Is that going too far? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Curious Power of Punctuation
Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences?
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Keith Houston @shadycharacters.co.uk · 27/09/2026
& then...? From the Shady Characters archive, delve into the history of the ampersand, or “and” sign, which goes all the way back to ancient Rome. Start at shadycharacters.co.u... to understand the hows & whys of this most elegant mark.
A collection of roman and italic typographic ampersands.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All commas are equal, but some commas are more equal than others.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Should you use the Oxford comma? One of the earliest treatments of punctuation in print, “Orthographiae Ratio” by Aldus Manutius the Younger, was published by the Aldine Press in 1566. It states: (Latin left, English right)
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pmbAustin 🏳️‍🌈🍂 @pmbaustin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Oxford Comma is NOT OPTIONAL. I will never understand why anyone denies the necessity and correctness of the Oxford Comma. There's no justifiable reason for leaving it out. It's 100% logical, reasonable, rational, and meaningful.
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Mickey of The Mountain (she/her) 💙 @stilldancing.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Oxford comma really benefits the READER, and while we won't drop a writer for refusing to use it, we are especially grateful to those writers that do.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Surely a hyphen is sufficient. One mustn’t be greedy.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The world would be a better place with more bookstores, bakeries, greenhouses, libraries, gargoyles, cat rescues, museums, and Oxford commas.
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a list in possession of three or more items, must be in want of an Oxford comma.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Good morning to everyone except those who don’t use the Oxford comma.
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The Oxford Comma @realoxfordcomma.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
There are two types of people in this world: Those who use the Oxford comma, and those who are wrong.
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