Re: Use of "and/or"

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Consider a situation in which you come across a container that is
clearly marked with a symbol indicating its contents are hazardous
(skull and crossbones, radiation, biohazard, etc.), but has no label 
that identifies what the contents are.  Some labels fall off, while others 
don't. This situation presents itself on a fairly regular basis to people 
in occupations involving environmental cleanup, firefighting, etc.  

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Neeley" <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com>

> Which said, the original example of "...hazardous and/or unidentified
> substance containers" is a misuse of the "and/or" conjunction. An item
> may be hazardous, but if it is unknown then surely it is also not
> known if it is hazardous. Logically, then, it would be highly unlikely
> to be both hazardous and unknown. Thus, in that case, it seems to be
> more correct to use only the "or" part.




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