Harvard comma

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Harvard University Press, where such use is the house style.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Do we know when it was first used and whether it's older or younger than "Oxford comma" and "serial comma"?”

Noun[edit]

Harvard comma (plural Harvard commas)

  1. (typography, US) The serial comma.
    Synonyms: (UK & US) Oxford comma, (UK & US) serial comma
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