http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3125.9045)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SerialCommaUsage/gcbxw/post.htm#511487Fri, 09 May 2008 04:09:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:511487Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SerialCommaUsage/gcbxw/post.htm#511487http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-511487.xml.<br /><em>Given the grammar, the author means:</em><br /><br />...we are seeing violent extremist types of ( 1 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">alienation</span>, ( 2) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">narcissism</span><strong>,</strong> and ( 3 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">fundamentalist religious, national, ethnic gender-related phobias</span> which, near and far, have tightened the ring of ( 1 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">dialogue</span>, ( 2 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">tolerance</span><strong>,</strong> and ( 3 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">coexistence</span> in the world. These ( 1 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">alienations</span>, ( 2 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">phobias</span><strong>,</strong> and ( 3 ) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">narcissisms</span>, although more dangerous when religious, are not limited to religion...<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SerialCommaUsage/gcrqx/post.htmThu, 08 May 2008 13:33:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:511238Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SerialCommaUsage/gcrqx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-511238.xml<p>In today&#39;s globalized world<strong>,</strong> we are seeing violent extremist types of alienation, narcissism<strong>,</strong> and fundamentalist religious, national, ethnic gender-related phobias which, near and far, have tightened the ring of dialogue, tolerance<strong>,</strong> and coexistence in the world. These alienations, phobias<strong>,</strong> and narcissisms, although more dangerous when religious, are not limited to religion in the first place and moreover are not limited to a specific religion.</p> <p>Please check bold commas (<strong>,</strong>) inserted. Are the insertions correct? &nbsp;I have doubt in comma insertion between narcissm, and fundamentalist religious and also between phobias<strong>,</strong> and narcissisms. I thought it as serial comma. Does the author intend to mean &quot;narcissm and fundamentalist religious...&quot; and &quot;phobias and narcissisms&quot; as alienation? Kindly advise.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>