LINQ list to sentence format (insert commas & “and”)

Question

I have a linq query that does something simple like:

var k = people.Select(x=>new{x.ID, x.Name});

I then want a function or linq lambda,

Answer 1

    public static string ToListingCommaFormat(this List stringList)
    {
        switch(stringList.Count)
        {
            case 0:
                return "";
            case 1:
                return stringList[0];
            case 2:
                return stringList[0] + " and " + stringList[1];
            default:
                return String.Join(", ", stringList.GetRange(0, stringList.Count-1)) 
                    + ", and " + stringList[stringList.Count - 1];
        }
    }

This is the method is faster than the 'efficient' Join method posted by Gabe. For one and two items, it is many times faster, and for 5-6 strings, it is about 10% faster. There is no dependency on LINQ. String.Join is faster than StringBuilder for small arrays, which are typical for human-readable text. In grammar, these are called listing commas, and the last comma should always be included to avoid ambiguity. Here is the resulting code:

people.Select(x=> x.ID.ToString() + ":" + x.Name).ToList().ToListingCommaFormat();