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“Lists and commas,
Lists and commas,
Go together with lots of drama,
This I tell you, Brother,
You can’t have one without the other!”

And now we come to the ExcitingWriting Advisory you have all been waiting for, my foray into serial commas. Want to know what is the proper way to write lists of things? Here is my answer.
–Chuck Lustig

Yes, but, except in some cases!
Let’s go back to Genesis: In the beginning there was the word “and,” and it was good. For example, “I like Adam and Eve and Abel and Cain.” In a world with the word “and,” there is no need for commas.

Everything was perfect. Then someone decided using “and” between a series of things is boring and repetitious. And somebody invented commas. Thus, the use of commas between listed items along with a single “and” before the last item was born:

I like Adam, Eve, Abel, and Cain. (Notice the comma before the “and.”) Read more

This a post written on my iPhone.