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/PleaseExplain/gccgb/post.htm#511633Fri, 09 May 2008 12:31:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:511633nona the brit0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseExplain/gccgb/post.htm#511633http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-511633.xml<p>Ah yes, sorry, it&#39;s a style issue. This comma is known as the &#39;Oxford&#39; comma. Some people do it and some people don&#39;t.</p> <p>It is useful when the last two items of a list could be mistakenly linked together.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseExplain/gccdg/post.htm#511587Fri, 09 May 2008 10:23:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:511587Creativeguru0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseExplain/gccdg/post.htm#511587http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-511587.xml<p>Generally I had seen no coma before the &#39;and&#39; but in some cases the author uses coma even after &#39;and&#39;, so this small details make me confuse </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseExplain/gccdv/post.htm#511585Fri, 09 May 2008 10:21:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:511585nona the brit0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseExplain/gccdv/post.htm#511585http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-511585.xml<p>Because the author is creating&nbsp;a list of three items.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseExplain/gcccr/post.htmFri, 09 May 2008 09:32:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:511564Creativeguru0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseExplain/gcccr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-511564.xml<p>The similarities between the variety show, the evangelical meeting, and the party convention are striking.</p> <p>why author has used coma after meeting in the above sentence?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>