WORDS WHICH FORM A SERIES
498. The words which form a series, separated by a comma may be either nouns, adjectives, adverbs or verbs. The comma is only used where the conjunction is omitted. Note carefully the following sentences:
- Love, laughter and happiness are the right of every child.
- He visited every city, town and village.
- The working class has been meek, humble, docile and gullible.
- All the crushed, tortured, strangled, maimed and murdered ideals of the ages shall become an everlasting reality.
- He struggled patiently, faithfully and fearlessly for the cause.
- If labor thinks, dares, rebels, fights, it will be victorious.
PHRASES WHICH FORM SERIES
499. Phrases which are used in the same construction and form a series are separated by commas where the conjunction is omitted. For example:
- Day after day, year after year, century after century, the class struggle has proceeded.
- The struggle in the mines, in the fields, in the factories and in the shops, will go on until labor receives the product of its toil.