Thursday, May 10, 2012

punctuation - Is there a comma *after* a list with an Oxford comma?

Explanations of the Oxford comma often use examples that either consist of the list alone or a sentence that ends in a list, e.g.:




red, white, and blue
To my parents, Ayn Rand, and God.





What is unclear from these answers is whether there should be a comma after the last list item, when using an Oxford comma:





  1. When my mom, my dad, and my sister came home ...

  2. When my mom, my dad, and my sister, came home ...





Is there a comma after a list with an Oxford comma?



If possible, please provide a reliable source.

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