Do I need the Oxford comma?
APA, MLA and Chicago all require it, so in academic writing the answer is effectively yes. It is the comma before and in a list of three or more. Beyond style compliance, it removes genuine ambiguity in sentences where list items could be read as a pair.
This comes up on Comma Rules That Matter, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.
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