The sprawling development consists of amenities including a mall, a man-made beach, and six yacht berths.
Should there be a comma between “amenities” and “including”?
Thanks!
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I don’t think it is necessary. Even the one (Oxford) after ‘beach’ may be avoided as its absence poses no confusion.
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The extensive complex includes, among other things, a shopping center, an artificial beach and six berths for yachts.
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The way I learned it is that the last comma in a list is omitted, unless the last item is lengthy or causes confusion. Your sentence is neither lengthy or confusing, so I would omit the last comma.
In the following sentence I’d leave the comma in.
The sprawling development consists of amenities including a mall, a man-made beach, and six yacht berths capable of berthing yachts up to thirty meters in length.
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