Oxford commas in London

Are they commonly considered grammatically incorrect in British English / London finance? Specifically, in Goldman Sachs' application essay/cover letter, would HR dinge a candidate for using it?Also, in the Goldman Sachs' application essay, is it required to place a salutation like "Thank you" / "yours sincerely" at the end? Or do you omit those formalities like you would usually do in a Bofa/Rothschild essay (GS says to "write what you would have written in a CL")?PS: which of the types of monkey shit does a commenter amass to be branded as "controversial"? Is it "spam", "low quality", "inaccurate" or "not helpful"?

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