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On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:35 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
Huh? The serial comma is good style everywhere.
"Among those interviewed were [Merle Haggard's] two ex-wives, Kris
Kristofferson and Robert Duvall."
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
> On 10/21/2013 1:29 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>>
>> In a legal document, no, it's never appropriate to use and/or.
>>
>> But there are a lot of things that are mandatory in legal writing that
>> are bad style almost anywhere else.
>
>
> Like the serial comma?
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