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Originally Posted by Paradox1350
The way we learned it in 6th grade, and the way I use it in my essays, is that yes, there should be a comma between the 'you' and the 'and'. So it should read, according to the rules we learend in grammar school, as:
"Pi, you, and me."
HOWEVER, everytime I'm reading a book, or an article, or a textbook, I'm CONSTANTLY seeing no second comma. Thus, according to the seemingly widely accepted standard, "Pi, you and me" is perfectly correct, also.
Thus, I'm not sure if we can get anything out of the lack of a comma.
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Let me just clear this up once and for all. BOTH forms with commas are acceptable. HOWEVER commas after each item is prefered, because of the other interpretations left open by there NOT being a comma.
In other words, it can STILL go either way without there being a grammer mistake. See here:
http://www.rhlschool.com/eng2n35.htm
As for the other grammer question:
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if that were the case, then wouldn't it be:
"Look closely and you will see something between Pi; You and Me"
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NOPE! Semi colons are used to join complete clauses or lists in sentences with commas; for futher information, look here:
http://www.uhv.edu/ac/grammar/semicolon.html