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John H Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Comma for series of 3 with conjunction?

0 Trying to figure this out for a book I wrote...02br
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00"The colors of the house are red, white and blue."02br
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00If you have a conjunction before the last of a series, should you have a comma before the conjunction? I keep seeing it both ways. The first way seems proper.0-
  

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01cite10John H12cite10Trying to figure this out for a book I wrote...12br
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10The comma is not necessary, but it's not wrong to leave i
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0 Thank you for the reply.02br
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00Hm,, I am guessing you are meaning basic reading english and american english?02br
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00So, if anyone could tell me, for the purposes of a published novel, which should I do?0-
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01cite10John H12cite10Thank you for the reply.12br
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10Hm,, I am guessing you are meaning basic reading english and american english?12br
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10So, if anyone could tell me, for the purposes of a published novel, which should I do?12br
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01cite10John H12cite10Trying to figure this out for a book I wrote...12br
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10"The colors of the house are red, white, and blue."12br
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0Hi Philip02br
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00Thanks for your reply. It has cleared the doubt.0-
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0 Thanks for reply.02br
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00I mean, I look at pages like the following, and it seems I need the comma. However, it really strikes me as overkill and excessive.02br
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01cite10John H12cite10Thanks for reply.12br
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10I mean, I look at pages like the following, and it seems I need the comma. However, it really strikes me as overkill and excessive.12br
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