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Old October 13th, 2006, 11:54 AM
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"It is so called because it was traditionally used by printer's readers and editors at Oxford University Press. Sometimes it can be necessary for clarity when the items in the list are not single words:

These items are available in black and white, red and yellow, and blue and green."
AHA! A fellow pedant! OK then – how about this one? If you're quoting verbatim from a written text, the second paragraph should be prefixed with opening quotes!

But the example quoted is a good example of probably the only acceptable use of a comma before "and".

Oh – and welcome to the forum, btw.
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Old October 13th, 2006, 12:06 PM
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You know what I hate even more? (No one in this post has done this, but thought I would just vent anyway!) When people confuse and misuse the words your and you're. Argh.
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Old October 13th, 2006, 12:10 PM
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Errr… shouldn't you be saying that such errors are less frequent when rendered in InDesign rather than QuarkXPress?
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Old October 13th, 2006, 12:30 PM
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Well, that actually goes without saying...
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Wink "I see threads from dead people"

wow, i didn't even notice the dates!

But the use of proper grammar and punctuation is never dead!
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Old October 13th, 2006, 03:55 PM
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True, but I wish the illiterati were!
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