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avantman42 · 07-19-2013, 05:01 AM

In school, I was always taught not to use Oxford Commas, but I've recently decided to use them because I'm writing non-fiction and clarity is important to me. However, it's difficult to unlearn 30 years of not using them, so I've tried to come up with a regular expression to find missing Oxford Commas.

This is the best I've come up with so far:

Code:

[a-zA-Z0-9]+, [a-zA-Z0-9]+ and

(there is a space after the and but it's getting stripped by the forum software).

It's not perfect, but it's the best I've come up with. Can anyone improve on it?

07-19-2013, 05:01 AM	#1
avantman42 Wizard Posts: 1,090 Karma: 6058305 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Finding missing Oxford Commas In school, I was always taught not to use Oxford Commas, but I've recently decided to use them because I'm writing non-fiction and clarity is important to me. However, it's difficult to unlearn 30 years of not using them, so I've tried to come up with a regular expression to find missing Oxford Commas. This is the best I've come up with so far: Code: [a-zA-Z0-9]+, [a-zA-Z0-9]+ and (there is a space after the and but it's getting stripped by the forum software). It's not perfect, but it's the best I've come up with. Can anyone improve on it?