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Beauspiring Posted 10 years ago
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"and" "or" "and"

Safari extensions let you add persistent items to Safari—controls, menus and menu items, local or web-based content, and scripts that modify the content Safari presents.
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and
1. persistent items to Safari—controls
2. menus
3. menu items

or
1. local
2. web-based content

and
1. script ...

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I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. The list of items comprises: 1. controls 2.

  • I'm not sure I understand what you are asking.
  • The list of items comprises: 1.
  • controls 2.
  • menus and menu items 3.
  • local or web-based content 4.
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I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. The list of items comprises:

1. controls
2. menus and menu items
3. local or web-based content
4. scripts that modify the content Safari presents
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Safari extensions let you add persistent items to Safari—controls, menus and menu items, local or web-based content, and scripts that modify the content Safari presents.
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let you ~
1. add persistent items to Safari—controls
2. menus and menu items
3. local or web-based content
4. scripts that modify the content Safari presents

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As far as I can understand what you are asking, no. The dash introduces the list.

Safari extensions let you add persistent items to Safari. These items are controls, etc. ...
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Safari extensions let you add persistent items to Safari, such as:
- controls, and/or
-menus, and/or
-menu items, and or
- [local or web-based] content, and/or
- scrips,
that modify the content Safari presents.
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teechrSafari extensions let you add persistent items to Safari, such as:- controls, and/or-menus, and/or-menu items, and or- [local or web-based] content, and/or- scrips,that modify the content Safari presents.
I believe that "that modify the content Safari presents" is intended to apply only to scripts.
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You may be right, GPY, given that last comma. However, I'm going out on a limb and letting the broader context override that interpretation.
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teechrYou may be right, GPY, given that last comma. However, I'm going out on a limb and letting the broader context override that interpretation.
Actually, my interpretation was based on the broader context as much as on the punctuation. I think that, of those items, only scripts are able to "modify the content Safari presents", in the sense that I believe th
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I disagree. I think any of those can modify the content.
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teechrI disagree. I think any of those can modify the content.
Well, if nothing else, it seems odd to me that "local or web-based content" can "modify" content.

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