[projectaon] serial comma
- From: "Lawrence Ritchie" <callmeinstead@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:08:25 +1300
I imagine this was hotly debated to start with, but nonetheless:
I balk when I see your adoption of the serial comma. Talk about
unconventional! (In the British publishing world -- and Lone Wolf is British
-- virtually every publisher eschews its use).
It seems your main reason for adopting its use was to avoid ambiguities, but
this is groundless. Whether you use it or not can create ambiguities (see
ref below). It is easier to avoid it unless its use prevents an ambiguity
(the editor's job -- and this is the only way due to the constraints of
English style). I just can't believe you guys decided to add superfluous
commas into the original works!
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
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