"The Syndeton Experiment" is a spinoff audio episode of the Blake's 7

Blake's 7

Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...

British science fiction television series

Syndeton or syndetic coordination in grammar

Grammar

In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...

 is a form of syntactic

Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....

 coordination

Coordination (linguistics)

In linguistics, a coordination is a complex syntactic structure that links together two or more elements, known as conjuncts or conjoins. Coordinators are typically: "and" and "or"...

 of the elements of a sentence

Sentence (linguistics)

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 (conjuncts) with the help of a coordinating conjunction.

In a simple syndeton, two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction: "I will have eggs and ham".

In syndetic coordination with more than two conjuncts, the conjunction is placed between the two last conjuncts: "I will need bread, cheese and ham". The serial comma

Serial comma

The serial comma is the comma used immediately before a coordinating conjunction preceding the final item in a list of three or more items...

 is not usually used in front of the conjunction between the last two items in British English

British English

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, while American English

American English

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 generally suggests a comma: "I will need bread, cheese, and ham".

See also

• Asyndeton
  Asyndeton
  Asyndeton is a stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. Examples are veni, vidi, vici and its English translation "I came, I saw, I conquered." Its use can have the effect of speeding up the rhythm of a passage and making a single idea more...
  
  , coordination without conjunctions
• Polysyndeton
  Polysyndeton
  Polysyndeton is the use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted . It is a stylistic scheme used to achieve a variety of effects: it can increase the rhythm of prose, speed or slow its pace, convey solemnity or even ecstasy and childlike exuberance...
  
  , coordination with many conjunctions