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[furrbear]

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[sultmhoor.livejournal.com]

You would not believe some of the stuff that gets almost out the door at a newspaper.

[airporter.livejournal.com]

I'll tolerate nearly anything for internal use, but when an article or letter is intended for a different audience it must be correct, if not formal. Oxford commas are not required; however, periods, commas, and conjunctions are.

WHEN TO "ROUNDFILE" A CV: It includes "LOL"

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't require Oxford commas even though most authorities on American English recommend their use. What I do expect is consistent use. It's not to sort of thing that would get one culled early on, but it easily could be the sort of detail that might influence final decision making. (But show me someone who is able to correctly punctuate a list with colon, commas, and semicolons and I would very likely fall in love.)

[airporter.livejournal.com]

'scuse me while I go study.

[tmaher.livejournal.com]

See, the Oxford comma controversy is why we should stop writing lists of items in English prose.

When I become god-emperor, all lists will be expressed in XML, JSON, or some other unambiguous serialized format.

Crap, I just used it anyway!

[toytester.livejournal.com]

I just LOL'd at your peekture.
www.icanhascheezburger.com is the shit!!

And yes, it is a very unfortunate commentary that people accept garbage as if it were proper grammar.