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    Punctuation in run-in lists

    In Russian, one of the way to list something is as follows:

    Гадюкинский район распологает богатейшими природными ресурсами: золото – 0.0000007 тонны, каменный уголь – 5 мешков, нефть – три ведра, самогон – 400 бидонов.

    as you can see, it goes like this: item, dash, quantity, comma etc.

    What are different ways to write a similar list in English?

    Well, of course, one way would be "0.0000007 tons of gold, 5 sack of coal" etc., but what are other options? I am pretty sure I have seen a lot of lists like this, but can't recall the punctualtion.

    Please remember, this must be a run-in list, i.e. not a vertically aligned one. Thanks

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    She said that I would need, 23 books, 14 guitars, two pencils, 7 bananas, 1/2 pound of gun powder, 1 parrot and a big brown paper bag.

    Not sure about the comma after "need".
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    No comma after need.

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