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

[AEF]

On Feb 3, 1:20 am, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> In article
> <84225a72-5d5a-44b6-8076-2d2f954a6... at 5g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>, AEF
>
> <spamsink2... 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.

I've read (in what was once, if not still, the grammar lady site) that
it's best to always use the serial comma. She said it's always right,
and leaving it out can cause an error, as you stated above. However,
an article in wikipedia says that it's not always correct. Go figure.

AEF