Comments on: Grammar Helper: Commas in a series http://cornerscribe.com/wordpress/2007/05/29/grammar-helper-commas-in-a-series/ Write well. Make money. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:17:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Kristy http://cornerscribe.com/wordpress/2007/05/29/grammar-helper-commas-in-a-series/#comment-33 Kristy Wed, 30 May 2007 15:48:02 +0000 http://cornerscribe.com/wordpress/2007/05/29/grammar-helper-commas-in-a-series/#comment-33 I recently had a ridiculously long conversation with another women in my office, discussing the "commas in a list" topic. She was insistent that you NEVER use a comma before "and" when creating a list (as in your first #1 above). I tried to convince her that it is ok and an equally correct option. Of course, this is a woman who tosses apostrophes around like pennies and insists that the colon should not be used in writing sentences, only when writing time (i.e. 8:48 am). I should have realized I was having an intellectual battle with the unarmed. I recently had a ridiculously long conversation with another women in my office, discussing the “commas in a list” topic. She was insistent that you NEVER use a comma before “and” when creating a list (as in your first #1 above). I tried to convince her that it is ok and an equally correct option.

Of course, this is a woman who tosses apostrophes around like pennies and insists that the colon should not be used in writing sentences, only when writing time (i.e. 8:48 am). I should have realized I was having an intellectual battle with the unarmed.

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