In $\mathbb R^2$, take $u=(2,1)$ and $v=(-1,2)$. Their sum is $u+v=(1,3)$. Draw $v$ starting at the tip of $u$; the arrow from the origin to the new tip is $u+v$. The parallelogram construction gives the same result and makes commutativity visible.
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