[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

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<84225a72-5d5a-44b6-8076-2d2f954a6490 at 5g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>, AEF
<spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes: 

> Execute, not liberate.
> 
> Execute not, liberate.
> 
> The comma makes all the difference in the world.

Indeed.  In general, I adhere to the rule that, in a list, there should 
be no comma before the "and" (since there isn't when there are just two 
items connected by "and"), but there are exceptions needed for clarity.  
There was the student who wrote:

   I dedicate this thesis to my parents, God and L. Ron Hubbard.