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Consider the following:

  * A, B and C came:

    1. AとBとCが来た
    2. AやBやCが来た
    3. AにBにCが来た

**What do I need to consider when deciding which of the three (と, や, に) to
use?**

I think a large portion is determined by the type of verb used. I shall
generalise into two groups:

  1. Reciprocal type - marry; meet; be similar
  2. Non-reciprocal type - see; walk; be interesting

Ambiguity may result from using listing particles with reciprocal type verbs:

  * AとBが結婚した (Ambiguous)

    * A and B got married (to each other)

    * A and B got married (independent instances) 

  * AやBが結婚した (Not ambiguous)

    * A and B got married (independent instances among others (example-giving nuance of や))

But for these cases:

  * AにBが結婚した
  * AにBが会った

Can they receive listing interpretation similar to AにBにCが来た?  
Will に be forced to be dative?

How about when the sentence is rearranged to:

  * BがAに結婚した
  * BがAに会った

Can this receive a listing interpretation?  
Will に be forced to be dative?
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Differences between listing particles と, や and に
I have the feeling that `に` under the relevant usage is used adverbially and
implies "remembering the item one after another while listing", and I think it
requires at least three items. Two is too short for remembering one after
another.

> AにBにCが来た  
>  ?* AにBが来た  
>  AにBにCが結婚した  
>  ?* AにBが結婚した

`結婚する` cannot have a dative argument, and I guess the structure of
`AにBにCが結婚する` is `Aに[Bに[Cが結婚する]]` "C will get married, in addition to B, in
addition to A", rather than `[AにBにCが]結婚する`, so it cannot have the reciprocal
interpretation. `BがAに結婚した` is completely ungrammatical.

If you wanted to do a listing interpretation for `会う`, which takes a dative
argument, then you can do this:

> AにBに(それに)CがDに会った (A, B: listing interpretation, D: dative)  
>  'A, and B, and also C, met D'  
>  AがBにCに(それに)Dに会った (B, C: listing interpretation, D: dative)  
>  'A met B, and C, and also D'
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