Nearly all American newspapers – from The New York Times to our very own The Student Life – prohibit the use of the Oxford comma. Rowan Gray CM ‘26 is lobbying to change that.
Tag: Grammar
OPINION: Grammar upholds an oppressive system
The concept of good grammar perpetuates xenophobic, racist, and classist ideas of what makes someone intelligent.
OPINION: Edit and Delete: How Standard English grammar promotes silence
Things that make my skin crawl: nails on a chalkboard, loud gum-chewing, and hearing someone say “less” when they really should have said “fewer.” With a former English professor for a mother, my latter pet peeve makes sense; ‘proper’ grammar has always come easily and been important to me. As