A listener asks: “Does the phrase ‘snap, crackle, and pop’ need a cereal comma?” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Snap, Crackle, Pop”
Digging through the email bag here, Grant, we got something from Mark J. Drodowski in Templeton, Massachusetts.
He writes, Martha and Grant, just curious, does Snap, Crackle, and Pop require a serial comma?
No.
A serial comma?
Get it, get it, punch it. Huh, huh, huh? Where’s the hi-hat?
But I’m bummed.
That’s actually true.
I liked it, Mark. Thank you for sending it.
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