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From: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens)
Subject: Re: OASYS Extra (long)
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 23:35:40 GMT
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Steve Dunham writes:

>Every grammer of the English language that I have seen says that the
>comma in question (the one before the `and' in a list of three or more
>items) is optional.  

  And my *Australian* dictionary says that leaving out the last comma is
prefered (though as you say, it doesn't matter)!
  Each to their own preferences, I think!

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