英文十八条军规精讲2 该不该用逗号?

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英文十八条军规精讲2 该不该用逗号?

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In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last.
三个或以上的词通过一个连词并列时,除了最后一个词外的每个词后面都要使用逗号。

Thus write,
因此要写成

red, white, and blue
honest, energetic, but headstrong
He opened the letter, read it, and made a note of its contents.

This is also the usage of the Government Printing Office and of the Oxford University Press.
美国政府印刷局和牛津大学出版社都遵循这一规则。

In the names of business firms the last comma is omitted, as
商业机构的名称中,最后一个逗号要省略,例如:

Brown, Shipley and Company

The abbreviation etc., even if only a single term comes before it, is always preceded by a comma.
etc.这个缩写前面即使只有一个词,etc.后面也要使用逗号。

注解

A, B, and C 还是 A, B and C?

A, B, and C中,B后面的逗号有时被称为牛津逗号(Oxford comma),因为牛津大学出版社一直以来都遵循“三个以上并列单词,要在除最后一个以外的每个词后面加上逗号”这一原则。

虽然A, B and C这种写法并不算错(事实上这种写法也绝非罕见),但使用牛津逗号能避免产生下面这种歧义:

Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador

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