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Klavier Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

such as

Hello.
In this kind of sentence with such, should I use a comma or and?

We were talking about topics such as drugs, culture.
We were talking about topics such as drugs and culture.
  

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You should use 'and'. You can use commas to form a list but only if you have more than two things. The last two things (or the only two things) on a list should be joined with 'and'.

  • You should use 'and'.
  • You can use commas to form a list but only if you have more than two things.
  • The last two things (or the only two things) on a list should be joined with 'and'.
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You should use 'and'. You can use commas to form a list but only if you have more than two things. The last two things (or the only two things) on a list should be joined with 'and'.
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We were talking about topics such as drugs, culture.

This isn't right, as you only have two items, as Nona mentions.

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