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		charlesdm on March 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Mil... Same for Dutch. HOWEVER: why not use it? It often just does not make sense not to use it. If a sentence can be interpreted in an ambiguous way, I personally wouldn't really care.

kuschku on March 18, 2017 [–]

Because if you know no one will ever use it, you also reduce ambiguity.

Then you can solve the remaining issues with using — instead.

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