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I'm currently getting:

Surname, IN and Secondauthorsurname, FM.

I need:

Surname, IN, and Secondauthorsurname, FM.

Searching for "comma" in the documentation is impossible, since it also hits on "command"

\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage[american]{babel}

\usepackage{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american}

\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Article{Reference:1994,
  author =   {First I. Last, and Second Y. Author},
  title =    {This is the article title},
  journal =  {T Journal T},
  journallongtitle =     {The Journal Title},
  year =     1994,
  volume =   50,
  pages =    {30--40}
}
}
\end{filecontents}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\nocite{*}

\begin{document}

\printbibliography

\end{document}
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WillAdams
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  • Again it would be very helpful to know what style you use. Also, the language option is important. You might want to add a short MWE. – moewe Nov 01 '13 at 17:16
  • Thanks. Do you use babel/polyglossia? If so, what language do you load? – moewe Nov 01 '13 at 17:20
  • I added the two lines from my file which address language --- not sure why they're needed since having or not having them doesn't influence the output. – WillAdams Nov 01 '13 at 17:56
  • If you are using american you will not notice any difference, since biblatex defaults to english=american. But try the MWE below with british instead of american and you will see a difference. – moewe Nov 01 '13 at 18:25
  • Also note that you should not add the comma between the names, the and suffices. So do not write {First I. Last, and Second Y. Author} but {First I. Last and Second Y. Author}. journallongtitle does not seem to be a standard field. – moewe Nov 01 '13 at 18:26

1 Answers1

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Try the following redefinitions in your preamble.

\renewcommand*{\finalnamedelim}{%
  \finalandcomma
  \addspace\bibstring{and}\space}

\renewcommand*{\finallistdelim}{%
  \finalandcomma
  \addspace\bibstring{and}\space}

The MWE

\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{biblatex}

\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@Article{Reference:1994,
  author =   {First Last and Second Author},
  title =    {This is the article title},
  journal =  {T Journal T},
  year =     1994,
  volume =   50,
  pages =    {30--40}
}
}
\end{filecontents}

\renewcommand*{\finalnamedelim}{%
  \finalandcomma
  \addspace\bibstring{and}\space}

\renewcommand*{\finallistdelim}{%
  \finalandcomma
  \addspace\bibstring{and}\space}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}
  \nocite{*}
  \printbibliography
\end{document}

yields

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