I will write an essay like this one, inserting serial commas wherever necessary. Mallary Tenore, my former editor at the Poynter Institute, which follows AP style, will take them out for our website.

Either AP Style must change to meet the needs of language, or newspapers should exercise leniency with its use in the name of communication. It is important to note that the AP Style guide is just ...

The Chicago Manual of Style and The University of Oxford Styleguide still recommend it. Yet the AP Styleguide leaves the serial comma out, unless deemed absolutely necessary.

The Associated Press Stylebook says to use a serial comma only when leaving it out would cause confusion. Many book publishers use it, including Oxford University Press, which is why it's also ...

The Associated Press style of writing is what most newspapers adhere to, including The Daily Illini. A large spiral-bound book details grammatical rules that a writer must follow to stay in line with ...

Like most newspapers, the U-T, with some deviations, uses The Associated Press Stylebook. The AP guide says, generally, to not use the Oxford comma. Worrells disagreed.

There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this: never get between these people ...

It's true, AP Style upholds the rule to not use the Oxford comma. It seems to be seen less and less in online publications and articles, as many major media outlets do not currently use it.

Trump likes the Oxford comma? That’s stunning, strange and disorienting. Also, now we know what Trump and Flaubert have in common.

For example: Jumbo is friendly, majestic, and extraordinarily large. Unless you are an Oxford comma fanatic, you probably haven’t noticed, but the Daily omits the Oxford comma (following the precedent ...

The guide provides guidance on a standardized style of writing, such as not using an Oxford Comma in AP’s case. The breach of the old AP Stylebook website took place between July 16 and July 22.

The Associated Press Stylebook says to use a serial comma only when leaving it out would cause confusion. Many book publishers use it, including Oxford University Press, which is why it's also ...