Choose the sentence with correct punctuation in a series. The Hamptons have beaches restaurants, and parties to keep visitors entertained. The Hamptons have beaches, restaurants, and parties to keep visitors entertained. The Hamptons have beaches, restaurants and parties to keep visitors entertained. The Hamptons have beaches, restaurants, and parties, to keep visitors entertained.

The use of serial commas to separate items in a list is essential because it promotes a better understanding of the information being conveyed in the sentence. The commas used in the sentence above identifies each of the items mentioned as separate sites in the Hamptons.

A combination of any two of the items would make them be viewed as joined together. The second sentence correctly splices each of the items in the list as individual items.