comma, Oxford comma, “clopening”

One major contributor to stress and burnout is the growing trend of “clopening” – the practice of scheduling shift workers to work closing shifts and then opening ones on consecutive days. They leave at night, then come back the next morning and there's little time in between to rest.Apr 8, 2015

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Urban Dictionary: clopening

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Will skimped on the closing notes, since he was clopening. ... closing shift tonight and you have to work the opening shift the next morning, you are clopening.

Urban Dictionary: clopen

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Clopen is the act of closing at work one day and opening the next day. Dude, Monday and Tuesday are gonna suck because I have to pull a clopen. ... #closing and opening#retail#mall terms#working#shifts.

comma

ˈkɒmə/

noun

1. 1.

   a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list.
2. 2.

   MUSIC

   a minute interval or difference of pitch.

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Oxford comma

noun

1. a comma used after the penultimate item in a list of three or more items, before ‘and’ or ‘or’ (e.g. an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect ).

What Is the Oxford Comma and Why Do People Care So Much About It?

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The Oxford (or serial) comma is the final comma in a list of things. For example:

Please bring me a pencil, eraser, and notebook.

The Oxford comma comes right after eraser.

Use of the Oxford comma is stylistic, meaning that some style guides demand its use while others don’t. AP Style—the style guide that newspaper reporters adhere to—does not require the use of the Oxford comma. The sentence above written in AP style would look like this:

Please bring me a pencil, eraser and notebook.