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[missdaredevil]

My hobbies are film making and film editing, designing, arts and crafts, salsa and belly dancing.

Is that correct?

Thanks

[CP]

Yes, fine.

I prefer a comma before the final "and" to avoid confusion, but most people omit it.
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[Lorikeet]

[CP]

Perfect example why the final comma is needed. I read it as "salsa, and belly dancing." Salsa is a type of music and a type of dancing, so it was a little ambiguous, but I assumed it meant salsa music.

If it had read, ". . ., and salsa and belly dancing" it would have meant exactly ". . ., and salsa dancing and belly dancing."
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[bud]

That's funny. I would have written it as CP prefers. I was assuming salsa was the same as my salsa hobby: eating corn chips with salsa dip!

[missdaredevil]

*and* sometimes can be very difficult for me to use...

thanks, guys.