Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 18, 2003, 12:43 |
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----- 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.
> --And.
>
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