[LMB] Bookman Bookshelves: OT: but very cool
Jim Parish
jparish at siue.edu
Wed Jun 7 03:50:39 BST 2006
Louann Miller wrote (among other things):
> Reminds me of an exchange heard on rec.arts.sf.written in a debate over the
> serial comma. (The second one in a list "A, B, and C" which some people*
> feel can appropriately be dropped.)
Just to be pedantic[1]: as I understand it, it's not, strictly, the *second*
comma, but the *next-to-last* - the one immediately before the "and".
[1] Come on, you know me by now...
Jim Parish
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