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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

The Oxford comma is when you have a list of things that have basically one more comma than usual, following the penultimate member of the list.

Oxford: Red, green, and blue.

Standard: Red, green and blue.

... The thing that is missing from the OP sentence that dramatically alters its meaning is the word 'with', not a comma.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

comma could fix it

i miss eating out, my friends

then it is a plea to a group

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

... that would substantially change the meaning, away from what the OP themself indicated they meant to convey.

That also would not be a usage of the Oxford comma, as that comma would be doing a different grammatical job than deliniating items in a list.

It would be deliniating a vocative phrase.

Yes, it does... make it into a workable sentence ... but it would not be an Oxford comma.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

sure but it works for the sake of the oxford comma ‘joke’

bit of a dead horse but people love it

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

I genuienly do not understand what you mean.