Re: And Or situations

Subject: Re: And Or situations
From: Debbi Crum <debbi -dot- crum -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>, TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:58:36 -0700 (PDT)


I'm a fan of the serial comma too.

Your example illustrates exactly why :)




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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References:
And Or situations: From: Cardimon, Craig
Re: And Or situations: From: Gene Kim-Eng
Re: And Or situations: From: Milan Davidović
Re: And Or situations: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: And Or situations: From: Lauren
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