Oxford Comma Fixer
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.
'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 GodThree or more items get a comma before the final "and".
Two items skip the comma
Input: salt, pepper
Output: salt and pepperThe Oxford comma only applies once the list has three items.
One item per line
Input:
red
green
blue
Output: red, green, and blueSwitch the separator to New line, then paste a vertical list.
Key features
- Clean interface
- Fast processing
- No signup required
- Works offline