Re: Pet peeve: optional comma
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It is incorrect to not include the missing comma. It likely irritates you because you really know this and were taught this originally, as used to be the norm. This started becoming discussed as "optional" when the concept of "Business English" came into vogue and then started to spill over elsewhere. There is no such thing as Business English. The rules of punctuation apply regardless.
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Completely wrong.
As some others have mentioned, my pet peeve is case A - an extra comma inserted.
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