To minimize commas and semicolons, can we do this alternatively? Place individual ages in parentheses and use United States postal abbreviations for state names? Also, eliminate the comma between city and state because state abbreviations are used. This looks cleaner and less clunky without all the commas and semicolons. Does anybody support the two usages below?
Mike Smith (55) of Troy NY, Bob Costawitz (34) of Tallahassee FL, and Joel Conaway (66) of Dallas TX were ...
Mike Smith (55), Bob Costawitz (34) and Joel Conaway (66) were...
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Mr. M, would you support these two sentences? I'm banking on that you would.
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M, would you support these two sentences?
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