I ate and drink, and went out.

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Hello,I have the following 2 questions.1. Are these all ok?2. Do these mean a little different?A.  I ate and drink, and then went out.B.  I ate and drink, and went out.C.  I ate, drank, and went out.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

zazzexA. I ate and ~~drink~~ drank and then went out. (no comma)

B. I ate and ~~drink~~ drank and went out. (no comma)

C. I ate, drank, and went out.

There is no difference in meaning. The difference is only in the style of telling what happened.

A. is a more leisurely way of telling the story. B. is between A and C in style. C. is a more hurried way of telling the story.

CJ

Zazzex · Answer

I learned that C is correct. When you display things, you should use "and" only once at the last. and you could either use or not use the last comma before "and."

But I though we could group things differently in our mind.

like [(A and B), and C] so that it may indicate (A and B) happened in a closer relationship", and then" C occurred.

But why do we need to remove "the comman before and" here?

Any reason?

thanks.

I ate and drink, and went out.

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