On 2011-04-28, at 3:42 PM, "Justin C. Walker" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Apr 28, 2011, at 02:17 , Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
>
>> Here's a few comments about the home page of the notebook.
>>
>> http://localhost:8000
>>
>> I'd appreciate what others think.
>>
>> 1) I was always taught that if you list items, you don't put a comma before 
>> the last "and". i.e. one should write
>>
>> A, B, C and D.
>>
>> and not
>>
>> A, B, C, and D.
>>
>> but this page seems to break that rule on many occasions.
>
> According to Strunk & White, you have been badly misled.
>

It's a matter of style. Both are acceptable, but it should be consistent.

Tim.

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