[78-L] Grammatically incorrect

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Strunk and White are not authoritative in any way, but in this case they're right. There is a difference of usage between the AP Stylebook (no comma) and the Chicago Manual (comma). 



----- Original Message -----
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:38:34 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
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I don't have my copy handy,  but do I recall that Strunk and White says that 
the second (last) comma in such a list is optional?

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:33 PM
Subject: [78-L] Grammatically incorrect


>
> Getting back to Mary Travers, I think that it's unfortunate that for all 
> these years, "Peter, Paul and Mary" was incorrect. The Chicago Manual of 
> Style indicates that it should have an extra comma: "Peter, Paul, and 
> Mary."
>
>
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:14:55 -0400
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Serendipity Singers ^
>>
>> Randy Sparks wrote it, as I recall, so the New Christy Minstrels would 
>> have
>> recorded it first..not to say that other groups like the Serendepidasts 
>> or the
>> Brothers 4 couldn't have done it as well.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Cary Ginell wrote:
>> > I have five of their LPs and this song is on none of them.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cary Ginell
>> >
>> >> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:02:46 -0400
>> >> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Serendipity Singers ^
>> >>
>> >> I can't find my Serendipity albums filed under folk or vocal groups 
>> >> (which is
>> >> where I'd label them)..odd. I know we played Today by the New Christy 
>> >> Minstrels
>> >> all the time.
>> >>
>> >> Speaking of other folk, who was looking for Eric von Schmidt? I have 
>> >> Prestige
>> >> PR 7384 here, signed "For Carlo" and stamped "Preview Copy" (can't 
>> >> tell if it's
>> >> Eric's writing).
>> >>
>> >> dl
>> >>
>> >> Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> >>> Talking about old folk pop heroes...does anybody know on which 
>> >>> Serendipity
>> >>> Singers' album "Today" was featured?
>> >>> Kristjan
>> >>>
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