There are different conventions for this in different parts of the English-speaking world. Sage authors come from all over. And have more important things to be bothering about, in my opinion! I would not want the debate to move on to centre/center and so on.
John On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Justin C. Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > -- 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
