Select the option which gives the meaning required and is correctly punctuated.

Meaning required:

I went to three places

I went to Brookes, the chemist and HSBC

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I went to Brookes, the chemist, and HSBC

I went to Brookes the chemist and HSBC

I went to, Brookes, the chemist, and, HSBC

The correct answer is:

I went to Brookes, the chemist, and HSBC.

Explanation:

We use comma to separate words in a series of three or more items. The use of the comma is obligatory when we introduce a series of three or more concepts, to enumerate them and increase the make the sentence easier to read and to understand.

However, we shouldn't use a comma if all items are separated or separated by conjunctions (or, and, nor, etc.).