Oxford Comma Or Not?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/27/brexit-50p-coin-boycott-philip-pullman-oxford-comma
I say it doesn't need one.

[Deskdiary]

I've always used it.

(I don't know whether it's right or wrong, but when using brackets, I've always placed the fullstop outside rather than inside). < Like that.

[dannyk13]

Pedantry at its worst.

[Mozz71]

I've never really used one. I think Pullman is having a bit of a giggle at the expense of others calling for a boycott of the coin. He's been known to have a mischievous streak like that in the past.

[dannyk13]

In all seriousness who is going to boycott money?

[Mozz71]

//(I don't know whether it's right or wrong, but when using brackets, I've always placed the fullstop outside rather than inside). < Like that.//

I also do this.

[Mozz71]

Agreed Danny, I don't give a monkeys what it looks like as long as i can spend it.

[Tilly2]

There's no full stop at the end of the sentence on the coin. That's a punctuation error. :-)

[dannyk13]

Diddly ///or deface it//
That is a criminal offence under the Coinage Act 1971.

[ToraToraTora]

ludders: "Smokey bacon, cheese, and onion are three things.
Smokey Bacon, cheese and onion. That's two things. " - yes that's an example where it is needed to clarify. Usually when the word "and" is also part of an item in the list.

[ToraToraTora]

diddlydo: "Let all us Remainers try and take it out of circulation by hoarding and/or deface it . " - that's a criminal offence love!

[Tilly2]

The full stop's missing! That's important.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Those who are describing the coin as a 'celebration' of the UK leaving the E.U., and thus going to throw the coins into the wishing well of middle class sanctimony, might be advised to look up the meaning of celebration.
The coin is 'commemorating' an historic event. Whether you agree with the event is neither here nor there, and does not require acceptance of the event, as, fortunately or unfortunately the fact is the event will occur . As for the comma, I doubt anyone will notice.

[ludwig]

// I see no pause, LUDWIG. //

Then you are not reading the sentence in the way the writer intended. He put that comma in there deliberately to indicate how to parse the sentence correctly. Commas are separators. They separate phrases in a sentence, and items in a list. When you reach a dot you know you've got to the end of the sentence rather than just a phrase within it.

tora //That's two things. " - yes that's an example where it is needed to clarify. Usually when the word "and" is also part of an item in the list. //

That is a good point, and why both ways are perfectly acceptable and the man is a twit for making a fuss about it. I'm just explaining how I do it and why.

[Peter Pedant]

// diddlydo: "Let all us Remainers try and take it out of circulation by hoarding and/or deface it . " - that's a criminal offence love!//

foo ! hoarding aint me old chyne ! foo again !

oh God AB in full swing again.... you can hear the cows' hooves

[aelmpvw]

i'd prefer it with a comma but hey ho ... now if was a missing apostrophe i'd refuse to accept one in my change

[Old_Geezer]

Re brackets, not that I know any official rule but if there's a full sentence inside then I also put the full stop inside. But if the brackets contain additional non-vital info as part of a longer sentence I just continue the main sentence outside; which if it's come to an end, may just be the full stop. It just seems logical that way.

[mushroom25]

//now if was a missing apostrophe i'd refuse to accept one in my change //

if you're a greengrocer, there is a missing apostrophe - in the word nation's.

[Khandro]

Calligraphy is about looks, not the niceties of pedantry.
The person to ask on here is Murraymints, but I don't think she's seen this thread.

[Theland]

I can't find quotation marks on my new Android.

[TheDevil]

You do not need a comma before the word "and".

The comma after "Peace" is appropriate and needed.