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At the Oxford comma's funeral, the eulogist read: 'We are gathered here to remember a punctuation mark loved by editors, writers and grammar enthusiasts.' Half the attendees gasped in horror. 'How DARE you omit it at its own funeral!' someone shouted. 'It's what they would have wanted,' the eulogist replied calmly. 'Controversy until the very end.' The tombstone simply read: 'Here lies the Oxford comma. Beloved, debated and eternal.'
At the Oxford comma's funeral, the eulogist read: 'We are gathered here to remember a punctuation mark loved by editors, writers and grammar enthusiasts.' Half the attendees gasped in horror. 'How DARE you omit it at its own funeral!' someone shouted. 'It's what they would have wanted,' the eulogist replied calmly. 'Controversy until the very end.' The tombstone simply read: 'Here lies the Oxford comma. Beloved, debated and eternal.'
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