Important Announcement
17 March, 2020 at 1:39 PM
ELC is proud to provide virtual options for new and existing students to continue their English learning without disruption as we follow recommendations from health experts to practice social distancing to combat the spread of COVID-19. Utilizing Readmore... updated and innovative online teaching methods, ELC invites English language learners from around the world to join us for our online classes, which continue to be taught by our most experienced and veteran teachers. In addition to our online courses, our School Directors will be available in person, to provide drop-in hours and any additional support that may be needed for local students.
If you have any questions about ELC, current courses, or are a new student looking for options to enhance your English skills while typical daily activities are disrupted, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Special offers are currently available for new students!
The health and safety of our students, staff, and host families are our first priority and we look forward to moving our community online temporarily while prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 takes place.
Important Announcement
17 March, 2020 at 1:39 PM
ELC is proud to provide virtual options for new and existing students to continue their English learning without disruption as we follow recommendations from health experts to practice social distancing to combat the spread of COVID-19. Utilizing updated and innovative online teaching methods, ELC invites English language learners from around the world to join us for our online classes, which continue to be taught by our most experienced and veteran teachers. In addition to our online courses, our School Directors will be available in person, to provide drop-in hours and any additional support that may be needed for local students.
If you have any questions about ELC, current courses, or are a new student looking for options to enhance your English skills while typical daily activities are disrupted, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Special offers are currently available for new students!
The health and safety of our students, staff, and host families are our first priority and we look forward to moving our community online temporarily while prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 takes place.
The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, is the (optional) final comma that comes before the last item in a series. Because it is optional, its rules are often confusing for English language learners. Oftentimes, those who swear by the Oxford comma do is because their grammar or writing teachers insisted on using it!
Although it is optional, the Oxford comma does serve a very important purpose: identifying whether the last two items are two separate items within the list, or whether they are identifying a previous item with an appositive (a noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns next to a word to identify or rename it).
For example:
See the problem?
When speaking, people cannot see the punctuation being used. They will have to use the rest of the conversation to determine whether there are four party attendees or whether they are two! They might have to ask additional questions in order to find out. In writing, the optional Oxford comma clarifies the entire issue with the smallest of penstrokes.
So what’s the final word? It’s always better to use the Oxford comma, just in case.
