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For questions about constructing sentences that contain lists.
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Comma to end a series and set it off from the rest of a sentence
The sentence includes parenthetical nonessential information. You can parse it like this:
Salad Greens and herbs (xxx) shared one large plot . . .
To maintain this construction, you need to use …
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Can an elliptical construction be used in a list?
Note that in vertical lists, because of the nature of their presentation, the rule for what precedes a colon is sometimes relaxed:
the legalities and inherent assumptions that serve as the basis for …
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How do I express three items gracefully?
There are several different ways of mentioning the three things.
A direct parallel to the first example sentence in the question is actually different from the second example sentence:
One thing is A …
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