Poll: Which formatting style should be the official one for this board?
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MadIAm — 5 years ago(April 07, 2020 05:51 PM)
Thank you! I also favor the Oxford comma. I heard of litigation a few years ago that was dependent on it. "You're under contract to do A, B or C" One party interpreted it as doing A and then either doing B or C. The other party interpreted it as doing either A or B or C. The fact that it went to litigation tells me these two parties didn't have a great relationship to begin with, but I agree that without the Oxford comma, the contract was for A and then either B or C.
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dbentley666 — 5 years ago(April 07, 2020 05:55 PM)
Mind you, I would have assumed that the sentence applied to A or B or C, but that's probably because I'm so used to American usage by now, here at Rutg- phew, almost doxxed myself! But it's true that most English usage is more carefully arrived at and has a longer history of established precedents.
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MadIAm — 5 years ago(April 07, 2020 05:54 PM)
And his brother.
https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/19626684/permalink/#p19626684