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|    Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin    |
|    Re: Grammar in the Bar    |
|    04 Jun 24 17:32:52    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 665f2592       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 665ec9b2       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20240505       NOTE: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32)       CHRS: CP437 1       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02       Alexander Koryagin:              AK> The comma before "and" is just an unnecessary thing that       AK> provides anything to make the understanding more clear.              Above I wrote /why/ the Oxford comma is necessary for the       clariy, unambiguity, and regularity of the enumeration.       You, on the other hand, do not disclose your arguments...              AK> With the same success you canput "and" before every       AK> comma in the list. ;-)              Don't you think it will make the list structure ugly and       redundant?              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/260       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 720       SEEN-BY: 218/840 850 860 870 880 930 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/112 113 206 300 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120 266/512       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 291/111 301/1 113 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66       SEEN-BY: 341/234 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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