Anonymous  +  863742 Sat, 15 Aug 09 10:20 PM When you make a list, do you have to put a comma before you put and  and here is an example   cats, dogs, and birds     the second comma Anonymous Commas, Punctuation

	ferdis  +  863784 Sat, 15 Aug 09 11:02 PM It depends on a number of factors: a comma is used by default in American-English but not in British-English, and a comma is used to avoid confusion when the item before the last containts the word 'and' itself.   You could simply always place it there; you can't go wrong. Personally, I dislike that last comma, but opinions vary. ferdis Joined on Tue, Aug 4 2009 The Netherlands Full Member 388 Commas, Punctuation, Writing, Countries, United States, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages, Numbers