In message <20030505210424.GB62309@jnelson.aus-ofc.newsstand.com>, Jay Nelson w
rites:
>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?
>
Styles change.  The copy editor for the second edition of "Firewalls
and Internet Security" wanted us to include the comma:

	a, b, and c

in such constructs.  I forget, offhand, which style guide was deemed
authoritative by Addison-Wesley, but if anyone cares I can look it up...