Your friends are having a discussion after class about the use of the serial comma. explain two specific reasons that the serial comma should be used in your writing.

A serial comma should be used for the two following reasons:

1. It should be used before a coordinating conjunction (before and or or ) with three or more items. For example:

2. In order to avoid ambiguity and confusion. For example:

(In the first sentence, we assume that the writer's parents are Rebecca and Luis, while in the second one we assume that the speaker talked to four different people, to his/her two parents, to Rebecca and to Luis. So, the use of the serial comma is the only way to lead the reader to the correct conclusion.)

why biographies are better than plays

explanation someone is saying they like biographies better