Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Joe wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "And Rosta" <a.rosta@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
>
> > > but I'll just give you this dedication from a non-serial-comma user:
> > >
> > >         I dedicate this book to my parents, Marilyn Monroe[,] and God.
> >
> > Including the comma can equally well lead to a misparse:
> >
> >   I dedicate this book to my wife, Marilyn Monroe[,] and God.
>
> Therefore, comma when first noun is plural, none when singular.  That works
> well.
My rule is---is it confusing with/without? then do it without/with. Is it
still confusing? it would probably help to rephrase or add a few empty
words or something.

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

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