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From: Peter <peter@noplace.com>
Subject: Re: Commas in a series of clauses
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:48:45 +0200, Jaakov wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> Please consider the following example (please pardon me for a bit of
> clumsiness and ambiguity---actually, I have a technical sentence which
> would not be understandable here---but the structure of the sentence is
> the same):
>
> [
> If Adam goes from Lilith to Eve, following a parent's suggestion, then
> for Adam's children love and cooking stay the same, while for Adam's
> parents love increases by 1 and cooking drops by 1.
> ]
>
> Question: Are the commas correctly placed, and, in particular, do we
> need a comma before the last " and" ?
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Jaakov.
Looks okay to me Jaakov. I don't think you need a comma before the last
"and" or it would be too stilted to read.
Regards
Peter
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