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',' before 'and'. Correct grammar?
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toby wrote:
Is it not the difference between English and American? A friend told me that that was he thought it was.

Anyway. Do Americans speak english or american?


Some Americans think their language is called "american". "Y'ALL SPEAK AMERICAN HERE CAN I GET SOME SERVICE IN AMERICAN!" But Americans speak english. Some might consider it a dialect. Like Mexicans speak Spanish although I'm sure the version of Spanish they speak is probably different from the version spoken in Spain. Lots of home grown words.

I'm a big believer in using a comma before the and always. It removes a lot of confusion in longer lists.
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Falstaff



Joined: 14 Jan 2004
Location: Ansan

PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to the grammar textbook I use (which is in fairly common use in the U.S. and based on MLA rules) it says:

"When the last two items in a series are joined by and, you may omit the comma before the and if the comma isn't needed to make the meaning clear.

CLEAR WITHOUT COMMA: The entertainers sang, danced and juggled.

UNCLEAR WITOUT COMMA: John, Sue and Mary went fishing.
[Did John go fishing, or is he being addressed]

CLEAR WITH COMMA: John, Sue, and Mary went fishing.

from Holt, Rinehart and Winston's "Elements of Grammar"


Notice the publisher doesn't use the oxford comma in their own name. Smile
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