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|    Alexander Koryagin to Gleb Hlebov    |
|    Grammar in the Bar    |
|    02 Jul 24 15:01:20    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 6683ec10       REPLY: 2:5023/24.4222 66823708       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20240505       NOTE: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101       Thunderbird/31.7.0       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02              Hi, Gleb Hlebov!       I read your message from 01.07.2024 04:56               AK>>>> The comma before "and" is just an unnecessary thing that        AK>>>> provides anything to make the understanding more clear.        AH>>> It's a matter of style, not an absolute requirement, and some        AH>>> people recommend using it only when it's needed to avoid        AH>>> confusion: Through the window I saw John, a basketball player and        AH>>> a friend of mine.        AK>> Are there three of them? ;-)               GH> Now that I'm reading it I indeed see 3 different persons.              -)               AK>> If we have a good list (of names, for instance) we would have:        AK>> Through the window I saw John, Peter and Paul, who staggered out        AK>> from the pub.               GH> Does "who" indicate all of them, or just Paul?              As the person who had seen it through the window ;) I can say that they were       drunk all. And indeed, just think, If two of them were sober why on earth       they had went to the pub? ;-)              Bye, Gleb!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2024              ---         * Origin: news://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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