On the right, the orange lines should be marked as wrong (blue squiggly line). It seems to us that all four lines with black text should get marked by Word’s grammar checker when ‘Always’ is chosen. On the left ‘Always’ examples, only the first Warren Zevon quote gets a blue squiggly line. Word 365, Word 2019 and Word 2016įile | Options | Proofing | Writing Style | Settings then scroll down a long list.Ĭorrection: The last isn’t strictly an Oxford Comma example, even thought the Word grammar system complains about it when ‘Never’ is selected. The only thing that’s changed is the setting location. Microsoft Word has had Oxford comma checks ever since Word 2002 (XP). Adding a comma can eliminate that (unlikely) possibility.īut to others the extra comma is a question of style. ” could imply that the parents’ names are Ayn Rand and the Almighty. For example “ To my parents, Ayn Rand and God. Wikipedia has some good examples of where the ‘extra’ comma makes the meaning clear. It’s a question of whether to add a comma at the end of a list for example: The Oxford comma is one of those grammatical things that most people don’t worry about but can get others soooo excited. It’s a feature in the latest Word 365 and Word 2019 way back to Word XP (2002).
Word can warn you about the ‘Oxford’ or serial comma’ whether you prefer to use the extra comma or not.
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