Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.13 $; site iuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!brennan From: brennan@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: A, B & C =? A, B, & C Message-ID: <7100008@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Nov-84 14:26:00 EST Article-I.D.: iuvax.7100008 Posted: Fri Nov 9 14:26:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Nov-84 20:59:20 EST Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #N:iuvax:7100008:000:1009 Nf-From: iuvax!brennan Nov 9 14:26:00 1984 From net.lang.c.nestedloopbreak: >>>While I thought the referenced article was pretty good all-in-all, >>>the "managers, students, and other children" flame was low. >> >>It was "managers, students and other children, ..." (note the commas) >>which is quite different. >>-- Jim Balter, INTERACTIVE Systems (ima!jim) > >Contrary to your note, there is no difference between >"managers, students, and other children" and >"managers, students and other children" -- they have the same >meaning. Check for example Fowler's book on English Usage or >a modern style manual, like that of the New York Times. > Charlie Martin > (...mcnc!duke!crm) To which I say: Sorry Charlie! I don't care what Fowler or the New York Times says. "managers, students and other children" does not imply that managers are children. "managers, students, and other children" does! I'd say that's a big difference. JD Brennan ...!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!brennan (USENET) Brennan@Indiana (CSNET) Brennan.Indiana@CSnet-Relay (ARPA)