Originally posted by Cancerkitty: I was always told that the comma before "and" was optional and pretty much depended on who you were writing it for preferred. [/QB]
it is not optional. It's wrong!!!
You never put a comma before "and". It doesn't make any sense.
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)