AGLC4 Rule 1.6.2: Commas
Commas separate items in a list of three or more, with a comma before the final item only where needed to avoid ambiguity. A subordinate clause has commas on both sides or on neither.
AGLC4 page 22
Formatting
- No automatic comma before the final "and" of a list; add one only to prevent ambiguity.
- Never place a comma on only one side of a subordinate clause.
- Lists of authors or judges in citations follow the same style: commas between names and no comma before "and".
In the text
It was a significant impact for solicitors, barristers and the judiciary.
Methods of transport included car, horse and cart, and hovercraft.
The effect of any equality guarantee would have been so far-reaching that, even if currently out of favour, it cannot be ignored.
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 22- solicitors, barristers and the judiciary
- car, horse and cart, and hovercraft
See also
Check your footnotes against these rules
Paste your paper into the free AGLC4 checker and each footnote is graded against the Guide, with the rule it breaks. To write a citation from scratch, use the AGLC4 citation generator.
Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.