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Oxford Comma Fixer

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Automatically apply the Oxford comma rule to any list of items. Paste comma-separated or newline-separated items to get properly formatted output with the serial/Oxford comma.

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'I'd like to thank my parents, Oprah and God' reads like Oprah and God are the parents, while 'my parents, Oprah, and God' clearly lists three separate things, the entire difference resting on one comma placed before the final 'and,' which is exactly the ambiguity the Oxford comma exists to resolve and exactly the kind of thing easy to miss scanning through a long list by eye. This tool automatically applies the Oxford comma rule to any list of items, pasted as comma-separated or newline-separated text, catching every instance consistently rather than relying on manually spotting each one.

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Useful for applying a consistent serial comma across a long list without checking each item by hand, fixing a document that mixes Oxford and non-Oxford lists inconsistently, or converting a newline-separated list into properly punctuated, comma-separated text with the rule already applied.

Examples

Thank-you list

Input: parents, Oprah, God

Output: parents, Oprah, and God

Three or more items get a comma before the final "and".

Two items skip the comma

Input: salt, pepper

Output: salt and pepper

The Oxford comma only applies once the list has three items.

One item per line

Input:
red
green
blue

Output: red, green, and blue

Switch the separator to New line, then paste a vertical list.

Key features

  • Clean interface
  • Fast processing
  • No signup required
  • Works offline

Quick answers for Oxford Comma Fixer

How does it decide whether to add a comma before "and"?
With three or more items, everything except the last is joined with commas, then a comma is inserted before the word "and" ahead of the final item, following the standard serial comma rule.
What if I only have two items in my list?
No comma is added, the two items are simply joined with "and", since the Oxford comma rule only applies once there are three or more items.
Can I switch between comma-separated and one-item-per-line input?
Yes, radio buttons above the input toggle the separator, so pasting a comma-separated list or a newline-separated list both parse correctly into the item list.