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Subject:RE: Items in a Series and Comma Use From:"Karen L. Zorn" <k -dot- zorn -at- zorntech -dot- com> To:"'Bruce Wolf'" <brucerwolf -at- yahoo -dot- com>, "'Ken Banks'" <edits -at- hawaii -dot- rr -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:24:15 -0700
One example I've seen for mandating the use:
"My estate is to be split equally between Tom, Dick and Harry." In this
instance Tom gets 50% and Dick and Harry get 50% to argue over. If it was
presented as: "My estate is to be split equally between Tom, Dick, and
Harry." each would receive a third of the estate.
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