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Re: Comma, Comma, Comma (Should we or Shouldn't we)
Subject:Re: Comma, Comma, Comma (Should we or Shouldn't we) From:Susan Gerhart <susang -at- CTIW -dot- CFER -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 May 1995 07:44:00 PDT
Either is considered correct. I prefer the first (comma before the and), but
the bottom line for any punctuation use is the meaning it gives to the
sentence.
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Comma, Comma, Comma (Should we or Shouldn't we)
Date: Fri, May 5, 1995 12:21PM
It depends. If your style guide/editor is formal, it's the first. If not,
the second.
BUT ... shouldn't computer literate be computer-literate?
Tamara Peters
tamara -dot- peters -at- lawson -dot- com
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Comma, Comma, Comma (Should we or Shouldn't we)
Date: Tuesday, 2 May, 1995 6:18PM
Here's another one for the English Experts:
Which sentence is correct, relative to the comma:
The Tech Writer was bright, articulate, knowledgeable, and computer
literate.
or
The Tech Writer was bright, articulate, knowledgeable and computer literate.
