a usage of"In memory of"

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10<In memory of the victims, survivors, and their families. >12br
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10->Is this right?12br
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10In memory of the victims, survivors, and their families. (ok)02br
00In BrE, the comma after 'survivors' is not

0Thank you Yoong Liat.0-

0Actually the comma does affect the meaning. If you remove the 'Oxford' comma, as it is known, then you would have a different meaning in UK English.02br
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01b01i00Without the comma:02i02b00 it would mean 01b01i01font00only the survivors' families02font02i02b00.02

0Thank you for letting me know the new idea Tam Sadek.0-

0 I would not say "in memory of" anyone who was still alive! I suppose you could say "in honor of the victims, the survivors, and their families;" apart from that, it's hard to imagine what term you could apply equally to victims, survivors, victims' families and survivors' families, as their circumstances are so different. 0-

0I think you are right Khoff. I looked it up ub a ductionary.02br
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01font00in memory of sb02font02br
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01font00intended to show respect and remind people of sb who has died02font02br
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00So I can't use the term for anyone who is still alive.02br

0I hope it was a current 'ductionary'... Be careful though as many native spaekers never look in dictionaries, and therefore say whatever they feel like; whenever the mood takes them 050010id5

0I see. Thank you, Tam Sadek02br
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00And ductionary was my typo.02br
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0No worries... So was 'spaekers' in my post 050010id5