Quote Originally Posted by Yar View Post
I don't use it. It only redundancy to an already redundant English language, and actually creates ambiguity in some instances.

Just don't be so dense as to actually believe that JFK and Stalin are strippers.
As I pointed out, there are ambiguities creatable either way. Okay, don't actually believe JFK and Stalin are strippers - but what if I told you "his parents, Mike and Elaine"? Are those two people or four? The serial comma makes it clear by its presence or absence.