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Re: Items in a Series and Comma Use?

Subject: Re: Items in a Series and Comma Use?
From: Beth Agnew <beth -dot- agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:08:03 -0500

If one catches the "Paddington to Slough" at the beginning of the sentence, then you know it's Langley, then Slough. But we don't want readers to have to decipher, remember, or guess, so I'd be more likely to write "Langley, and finally Slough". That way, even if the writer forgets the comma, the meaning is clear.

Guy K. Haas wrote:

My bet is that there is a station named "Langley and Slough."

--Guy K. Haas
Software Exegete in Silicon Valley

Stuart Burnfield wrote:
**> A train travelling from London Paddington to Slough calls at Action Main
> Line, Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Hanwell, Southall, Hayes and Harlington,
> West Drayton, Iver, Langley and Slough. How many stops does it make?

Ten, counting the final stop at Slough.

I'm not sure what you're getting at with this example...

Stuart
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Beth Agnew
Professor, Technical Communication
Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
Toronto, ON 416.491.5050 x3133
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