![]() The benefactor will divide his estate equally among Fran and Charlie, Tyler and Danielle, Connor and Yvette. ![]() In the following example, if no comma is required before the last item in the series, it is not clear whether there are four divisions of the estate or three: You may choose your favorite activity while at camp, including hiking and boating, morning calisthenics, crafts and woodworking, sharing scary stories of ghosts, and yoga. Placing a comma before and clarifies that yoga is a separate activity of its own: You may choose your favorite activity while at camp, including hiking and boating, morning calisthenics, crafts and woodworking, sharing scary stories of ghosts and yoga. Without the comma in the following sentence, yoga could be a topic of the scary stories: (In this situation, the relatives of the bride, groom, and bridal party all sit together while the escorts that came with them sit separately in their own section. We will have separate sections for friends of the bride and groom, relatives of the bride and groom and the bridal party, and their escorts. (In this situation, the bridal party and their escorts sit together in their own section separately from relatives of the bride and groom. We will have separate sections for friends of the bride and groom, relatives of the bride and groom, and the bridal party and their escorts. The next two examples show that, depending on how the writer intended to separate the groups of people, the placement of a comma before the and of the last item clears up the confusion: We will have separate sections for friends of the bride and groom, relatives of the bride and groom and the bridal party and their escorts In the following example, it could be unclear who is included in each section: Without the comma the relationship between the last two items is not always clear. The comma implies that all items in the series are separate. Although some writers and some publications follow other conventions, misunderstanding of the writer's intentions can occur without the comma.
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