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Originally Posted by Zeke View Post
Interesting. I was taught as an English major that the comma was not necessary before a conjunction when used to connect 2 words like 'Bill and Sue', or a string of nouns.

If it's good enough for a newspaper editor, it's good enough for me.

I think that case should be appealed to a higher court that can overlook minutiae and see the picture for what it is. IOW, I agree with the last paragraph in Steve's post.
"Bill and Ted's excellent adventure!" No comma before the conjunction if it's not a list of more than three items.
"Me, myself, and Irene." If following the oxford comma rule, then there should be a coma before the conjunction, because it is a list of three (or more) items.
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