# Commas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commas/5893>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 6, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commas/5893 "2000-01-06T20:28:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commas/5893/21 "2000-01-08T06:19:00Z")

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I write for museums. I like the serial comma for clarity. I also like the double space after a sentence AND the indented paragraph. However, house styles eliminate all three (space on a label is a precious commodity). In 10+ years, I doubt there were more than two or three cases where the final comma was required for clarity.

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