Does there need to be a comma before the second 'and' in this sentence: 'I would like to pursue a career where I can use my abilities, resources, and knowledge and to achieve my goals?'
How come the comma before the first and is wrong?I would omit the comma before the first 'and' and insert one before the second 'and'.
Rover
I would omit the comma before the first 'and' and insert one before the second 'and'.
Rover
Those links are for the more obvious cases though. I don't think I saw one cover something analogous to my original post.
The subject of the useless comma before "and" in a list has been discussed here over and over and .....
For example, see:
Comma and And - featuring the Harvard/Oxford comma.
Not Oxford comma..?
The Oxford comma
Actually, is it still grammatically correct to just drop the first 'and' completely. Like so:
'I would like to pursue a career where I can use my abilities, resources, knowledge and to achieve my goals?'
Yeah I see why, it loses the grouping.Not across my editing desk.![]()