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From: Jaakov <jaakovREMOVEIT@ro.ru>
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Subject: Re: Commas in a series of clauses
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:26:06 +0200
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>> 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" ?
> 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.
Thank you, Peter!
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