Why the Oxford Comma is important

[elfs]

I debated, in my last post, writing either

The contractors, Omaha and I ...

or writing

The contractors, Omaha, and I ...

This is known as the Oxford Comma debate.

This is why it matters:

I wish I could give this attribution, but nobody seems to know where it's from.

Comments

[pakraticus.livejournal.com]

Too ambiguous and requires too much thought.
I propose prefix notation
(&(England)(Spain)(France))
I(&(went to the store)(bought a book))

[dossy.livejournal.com]

If only we could ...