AP Style and the Serial Comma

Fueling one of the more popular English language debates are the two most commonly used style guides: the The Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook. The guides have opposite rules for using the serial comma (that last comma before the conjunction), with Chicago supporting the inclusion of the serial comma and AP omitting it. 

Specifically, AP uses commas to separate elements in a series but does not include the serial comma in a simple series: I like cake, ice cream and pie.

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