On Apr 28, 2011, at 12:50 , Tim Lahey wrote: > 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: [snip] >>> 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.
Just because the title says "style" doesn't mean it's "just style". :-} Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds ----------- I'm beginning to like the cut of his jibberish. ----------- -- To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
