[Editors] Commas, lists, and consistency

[Eric Keezer]

Dear Jon,

• eats
• shoots
• leaves

or

eats, shoots & leaves

or

eats; shoots; leaves.

Best regards,

Eric Keezer
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On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Jon Markowitz Bijur wrote:

Dear editors,

My department is having a civil argument about the use of commas in
lists for informal writing (ie event listings on a website). Is it:

eats, shoots, and leaves
or
eats, shoots and leaves

?

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617-253-9607 | jbijur at mit.edu






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