Originally posted by Lollie: In this example that you gave, INCLUDING UZIS AND PISTOLS is an appositive phrase which must be set off completely by commas. In other words, the sentence must read like this:
sure, but we were arguing ( )about the usage of commas in a series, this is a completely different thing, IMO.
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)
)about the usage of commas in a series, this is a completely different thing, IMO. 
