Maine's own legislative style guide discourages the use of the serial (Oxford) comma.
Sources
- A Missing Oxford Comma Just Changed the Course of a Court Case (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/06/the-law-and-punctuation/ (blogs.loc.gov)
- https://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/citations/Draftman2009.pdf (ca1.uscourts.gov)
- https://scribes.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Marcello-8.23.21.pdf (scribes.org)
- https://www.boston.com/news/business/2017/03/16/lack-of-oxford-comma-costs-maine-company-millions-in-overtime-dispute/ (boston.com)
- https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/lack-of-oxford-comma-costs-maine-company-millions-in-overtime.html (cnbc.com)
- https://www.isba.org/committees/governmentlawyers/newsletter/2017/05/the10millioncomma (isba.org)
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