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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]
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ID:	SERIAL_COMMA_ON [8]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-07 22:33:07 +0200)