And it's called the Oxford comma or sometimes the serial comma.

这个逗号也被称作牛津逗号，有时也被称为连续逗号。”

The Oxford Comma... It clogs up writing!

牛津逗号......它妨碍了写作！

For years, linguists, grammar nerds, and pedants have battled over the Oxford comma.

多年来，语言学家、语法怪才和学究们一直在为牛津逗号争论不休。

I'm going to fight for the Oxford Comma and the red white and blue!

我要为牛津逗号和红白蓝而斗争！

Even with an Oxford Comma there, the previous comma doesn't necessarily stop the Queen from being an Oxford man.

即使有牛津逗号，前一个逗号也不一定能阻止女王变成牛津人。

And so, we must fight to the death to decide if the Oxford Comma dies, or lives on forever in all its glory!

因此，我们必须战斗到底，以决定牛津逗号是死，还是永远活在它的辉煌！

That's the Oxford comma. You can learn anything.

那是牛津逗号。你可以学到任何东西。

The phrase " Oxford comma" was kind of new, but could its usage really be that recent?

“牛津逗号” 这个词有点新鲜， 但它的用法真的是最近才出现的吗？

OK, so what is the best argument against an Oxford comma.

好的，那么反对牛津逗号的最佳论据是什么。

And they might say that the Oxford comma can't hide bad writing.

他们可能会说牛津逗号无法掩盖糟糕的写作。

I'm with them on this! If you actually wanted us to fight in the war you should have used that Oxford comma to show two separate things.

我和他们是一样的！如果你真的想让我们参加战争，你应该用牛津逗号来表示两个不同的事物。

And when you have a list, you want a pause for each item, and only an Oxford comma can do that.

当你有一个列表时，你希望每个项目都有一个停顿，而只有牛津逗号可以做到这一点。

And that's why the Oxford comma is still the right choice for my coworkers, Neil de Grasse Tyson and Adam Savage.

这就是为什么牛津逗号仍然是我的同事 Neil de Grasse Tyson 和 Adam Savage 的正确选择。

The Oxford comma, serial comma, whatever you want to call it comma is that comma plunked down before the " and" on a list.

牛津逗号，连续逗号，无论你想称它为逗号是在列表中的“和”之前插入的逗号。

Usually, he checks things on the Oxford English Dictionary, but the Oxford English Dictionary didn't have a good answer about the Oxford comma.

通常他会查牛津英语词典， 但牛津英语词典对牛津逗号没有很好的答案。

There's a whole Twitter account that just asked celebrities about their Oxford comma preferences — that's how we know Rob Lowe is " pro" and Van Der Beek thinks only " animals" would ditch the Oxford comma.

有一个完整的 Twitter 帐户刚刚询问名人他们对牛津逗号的偏好——这就是我们知道 Rob Lowe 是“专业人士”而 Van Der Beek 认为只有“动物”会放弃牛津逗号的原因。