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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Commas
When you make a list, do you have to put a comma before you put and and here is an example
cats, dogs, and birds the second comma
cats, dogs, and birds the second comma
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It depends on a number of factors: a comma is used by default in American-English but not in British-English, and a comma is used to avoid confusion when the item before the last containts the word 'and' itself. You could simply always place it there; you can't go wrong. Personally, I dislike that last comma, but opinions vary.
- It depends on a number of factors: a comma is used by default in American-English but not in British-English, and a comma is used to avoid confusion when the item before the last containts the word 'and' itself.
- You could simply always place it there; you can't go wrong.
- Personally, I dislike that last comma, but opinions vary.
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It depends on a number of factors: a comma is used by default in American-English but not in British-English, and a comma is used to avoid confusion when the item before the last containts the word 'and' itself.
You could simply always place it there; you can't go wrong. Personally, I dislike that last comma, but opinions vary.
You could simply always place it there; you can't go wrong. Personally, I dislike that last comma, but opinions vary.
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