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  • Lack of Oxford Comma Costs Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute

    03/16/2017 11:19:47 AM PDT · by Timpanagos1 · 91 replies
    NYT ^ | 3/16/17 | DANIEL VICTOR
    A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: The dreaded — or totally necessary — Oxford comma, perhaps the most polarizing of punctuation marks. What ensued in The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and in a 29-page court decision handed down on Monday, was an exercise in high-stakes grammar pedantry that could cost a dairy company in Portland, Me., an estimated $10 million.