The question I have is regarding commas in lists and/or between coordinate adjectives. It seems like sometimes I see a last comma and sometimes I don't. For example: The red, white and blue flag whipped in the wind. or The red, white, and

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Only use a colon when the introduction to the list can stand on its own as a sentence. For example, "Any list of colors has to include these: red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple." So, "Any list of colors has to include

...the bridge , but on the contrary, the red ...-- Yes that is what I meant.

Thanks for your reply. I noticed that you mentioned "Place conjunctions and simple adverbs within the same commas". Then I would like to know what should be done if I would like to address an adverbial phrase rather than a simple adverb.

" played on rock radio, which it probably would not have had it been a soul song performed by a heavy-set black woman." Geez, if it hadn't been for the anonymous post just before mine, I wouldn't have understood that sentence at

Hi. Wouldn't you need a punctuation such as a long dash (or, short dashes or a semicolon) between 'too' and 'not' instead of the comma? Or, wouldn't you want to end the sentence with 'too," and start a new

The oxford comma is usually omitted in BrE because a listing comma already represents 'and' or 'or'. 'He likes apples and oranges and grapes' becomes 'He likes apples, oranges and grapes' -- among a few other

The word "I" is always capitalised. Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (or question mark or exclamation mark). Some of the commas I've suggested are not mandatory. I just feel they help make the

END ALL SENTENCES WITH A PERIOD (FULL STOP), A QUESTION MARK, OR AN EXCLAMATION MARK. 1 We've been walking in circles for the past hou r. I've already seen this house twice .-- period, not comma 2 This blue hat/pencil/one is the same one I had