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Which sentence uses commas correctly?

A.
My favorite flavors of ice cream are chocolate, strawberry, and butter pecan.

B.
My favorite flavors of ice cream are, chocolate, strawberry, and butter pecan.

C.
My favorite flavors of ice cream, are chocolate strawberry and butter pecan.

D.
My favorite flavors of ice cream are chocolate strawberry, and butter pecan.

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Answer:

The sentence that uses commas correctly is "My favorite flavors of ice cream are chocolate, strawberry, and butter pecan."

Step-by-step explanation:

There are many uses of commas, in this sentence the use of commas is to separate items in a series, we have the flavors of ice cream as elements in a list, the correct way to separate them is to use a comma in between every one of them starting right after the first element of the list and adding the las comma between the two elements along with the word and.

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The sentence that uses commas correctly is option A. My favorite flavors of ice cream are chocolate, strawberry, and butter pecan. The general rule in using commas is to use it to separate items or words in a series with three or more items.
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