On 04/30/2017 04:03 PM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-book wrote:
akhiezer via blfs-book wrote:
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 18:47:18 -0000
From: via blfs-book <[email protected]>

Author: bdubbs
Date: Sun Apr 30 11:47:18 2017
New Revision: 18668

Log:
Add fftw-3.3.6-pl2
[...]

Modified: trunk/BOOK/multimedia/libdriv/libsamplerate.xml
==============================================================================


-       <xref linkend='libsndfile'/>, and
-       <ulink url="http://www.fftw.org/";>libfftw3</ulink> (for tests)
+       <xref linkend='libsndfile'/> and


   s/( and)/,\1/  ?

It's OK.


+       <xref linkend="fftw"/> (for tests)
      </para>

      <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:

[...]

Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/asymptote.xml
==============================================================================


-      <xref linkend="gs"/>,
+      <xref linkend="gs"/> and


   s/( and)/,\1/  ?

It's OK.

        <xref linkend="texlive"/>
      </para>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
      <para role="recommended">
-      <xref linkend="freeglut"/>,
+      <xref linkend="freeglut"/> and


   s/( and)/,\1/  ?

And this is OK.

We use (with some exceptions):

a
a and b
a, b, and c

  -- Bruce


I think there was some confusion about the use of the Oxford Comma. This only applies when there are three (or greater) items in the list. Both methods are acceptable, but switching between them in the same document is not. A silly, but accurate example of why omitting it can be problematic is in this article:

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/what-is-the-oxford-comma-and-why-do-people-care-so-much-about-it/

The "I love my parents" example pretty much sums up why LFS/BLFS has decided to use it unconditionally.

--DJ

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