John:
> Tristan McLeay scripsit:
>
> > 'Chapman, Chapman, Kwapil, Eckbald, and Zinser (1994)',
> > including the comma even though it makes it look busy :) .)
>
> I could go into a whole long rant on how utterly bogus it is to omit
> the final serial comma,
Do.
> but I'll just give you this dedication from a non-serial-comma user:
>
> I dedicate this book to my parents, Marilyn Monroe[,] and God.
Including the comma can equally well lead to a misparse:
I dedicate this book to my wife, Marilyn Monroe[,] and God.
--And.