Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/mklocale
To: Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org>
From: Jay Nelson <jnelson@newsstand.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/05/2003 16:04:24
On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 09:23:11PM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 08:23:47PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> > > } Log Message:
> > > } "a, b, and c" instead of "a, b and c".
> > >
> > > I know I've probably been a pain with questioning some of your
> > > changes, so I just wanted to say that this time I'm agreeing with you.
> > > It seems that most people don't put the "," before "and", but I always
> > > do, and I think it is important to do so for the sake of clarity.
> >
> > But the correct English is 'a, b and c'.....
>
> Says who?
Strunk & White.
> King's English says "a, b, and c".
>
> http://www.bartleby.com/116/402.html
>
> Thomas