What petty hill will you die on?
For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
I like commas. It conveys the need for a pause in the mental narration taking place as I read and write.
Yeah, which is exactly why you don't need one to finish lists. It makes it sound like you forgot the last thing. "Peaches, pears... eh... and apples".
In the case of the Oxford comma it's more to distinguish between items in a list that are combined by the "and" or items in a list that are separate items. It's not used to indicate a pause in this scenario.