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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Logic of enumerations

Hello,

I need to know whether there are any conventions on whether the closing conjunction of an enumeration determines which type of conjunction is implied by the preceding commas.

For example :

"She went there, she stayed there or she did that. " - does that mean "She went there or she stayed there or she did that. " or does a comma allways mean "and" ?

I assume that is a ambiguity of natural language but maybe I am wrong (maybe you could also point to some reference).

Thanks in advance
  

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-- Yes, it does. "She went there, she stayed there or she did that. " - does that mean "She went there or she stayed there or she did that.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- Yes, it does.
  • "She went there, she stayed there or she did that.
  • " - does that mean "She went there or she stayed there or she did that.
  • " -- Yes.
  • -- No.
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I need to know whether the closing conjunction of an enumeration determines which type of conjunction is implied by the preceding commas.-- Yes, it does.

"She went there, she stayed there or she did that. " - does that mean "She went there or she stayed there or she did that. " -- Yes. or does a comma always mean "and" ?-- No.
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