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Rule "Warn when the serial comma is not used"

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Description: Warn when the serial comma is not used
Message: The serial comma (Oxford comma, Harvard comma) is missing.
Category: Style (ID: STYLE)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/oxford-comma/
Tags: [picky]
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It's too expensive, inefficient, slow and difficult to roll out and transport.
    Correction suggestion: , and
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: SERIAL_COMMA_ON [7]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)