What is the purpose of the oxford comma before the word ",and"? Thank you very much.

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Manav
Sep 4, 2017

Well the point is to basically distinguish the last part of the list is part of the list.

Explanation:

Say I have 3 smoothies flavored mango, strawberry, and kiwi, the comma before the and is to separate strawberry from kiwi and show they are two different things and not the same.

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