On 2018/09/12 17:38, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 02:05:25PM +0200, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> > 
> > > +                 warnx("anchors apply to -f, -F, -t and -s only");
> > 
> > If I understand English comma rules correctly, there is also a comma
> > before the " and".  At least this is what we do in the man page.
> > 
> > bluhm
> > 
> 
> hi.
> 
> just to note: it is not wrong to omit the comma. i personally use them
> there, because it eliminates some potential confusion in lists. but it
> does sometime look/read better without. it's a matter of taste i guess.
> 
> jmc
> 

btw (as jmc will already know of course!) this is known as an "Oxford comma"
or "serial comma", you will find a *lot* of references and arguments in both
directions if you search ;)

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