While writing an essay the other day, I was curious about how to correctly phrase a sentence such as the one below:
"From dogs, to cats and fish, owning a pet can allow for a multitude of mental, physical, and emotional benefits."
Is the grammar in this sentence correct? I am most interested in finding the correct comma placement in a phrase such as "from x to y and z," in which x, y, and z are not necessarily nouns. I recognize that I could change the phrase to "from x to y to z."
Any help would be appreciated.
Best Answer
This "from to" formulation is wrong, because the from-to construction indicates 2 extremes and can’t really be used to denote a list in this fashion. "From dogs and cats to fish" is more acceptable.