Question

choose the sentence with the correct comma placement.

• we had coffee, cheese, crackers, and grapes.
• we had, coffee, cheese, crackers, and grapes.
• we had coffee, cheese, crackers and grapes.
• we had coffee cheese crackers and grapes.

Explanation:

In standard English punctuation, the Oxford comma (a comma before the final "and" in a list of three or more items) is acceptable and correct for clarity. The first sentence uses commas to separate each item in the list, including the Oxford comma before "and grapes", which is proper. The second sentence incorrectly places a comma after "had". The third sentence omits the Oxford comma (while some styles allow this, the first option follows the most widely accepted formal standard). The fourth sentence uses no commas at all, which is incorrect for a list of multiple items.

Answer:

A. We had coffee, cheese, crackers, and grapes.