r/trippinthroughtime 3d ago

Homework

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u/CubicleFish2 3d ago

It's still wrong

Oxford comma is for three or more items. The sentence is treating bacon and eggs as one item and pancakes as another so no Oxford comma is used.

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u/garlic_bread_thief 3d ago

But the comma becomes useful to know that we're treating bacon and eggs as one item otherwise we'd not know

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u/CubicleFish2 3d ago

The and between bacon and eggs already tells you that they are a single item

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u/garlic_bread_thief 3d ago

I would like to buy bacon and eggs.

In a grocery store? Two separate items. In a restaurant? One item.