On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:22:20 -0600, Tammy.VanBoening at jeppesen.com wrote:
>Our new editor wants to add the word "and" to such statements - >if <blah, blah>, AND then <blah, blah>. Both I and the other >writer disagree with the editor on this one - it should be just >if/then - no "and." Yikes. You don't have to look for specific refs for geekspeak, this is just plain bad grammar. Look at a grammar reference. You don't use "and" to separate a conditional clause from the rest of its sentence! I'd seriously wonder if this person were qualified to edit *anything*. ;-) -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. <jeremy at omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/
