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9 September 2019

The Comma That Can Change the Law: Three Cheers for the Oxford Comma

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If you know appellate judges, you know they are all about style.
United States Law Department Performance

If you know appellate judges, you know they are all about style. Fashion, maybe not; but style, yes—writing style, that is. Most people think nothing of composing an email or letter off the top of their head. But these wizards of words labor over the smallest details. One favorite is the Oxford comma.

Previously published by New Jersey Law Journal, August 2019.

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