Usage of slush /

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the nature/essential partThe JD/MBA program1) the nature or the essential part 2) the nature or essential part3) The JD program and the MBA program4) The JD and MBA programWhen I use slush /, I feel like the phrases can be interpreted in the two ways. Or is it okay to share 'the' that way? Whch one is correct? Thank you so much as usual.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Hans51~~When I use slush /~~ When I use a slash ( / )

As shown.

Hans51is it okay to share 'the' that way?

Yes. 1) and 2) are OK. 3) and 4) are not (see below).

The slash substitutes for the word "or", so you can't use JD/MBA to stand for JD and MBA.

Note that the slash is a visual effect; there is no exact way that you must say it when you read it aloud. That's why both 1) and 2) are OK. Most people would pronounce it as you have written it in 2).

CJ

Hans51 · Answer

Thank you so much and then is there a meaning difference between #1 and #2? Or both ways mean the same? What do you think?

CalifJim · Answer

Hans51Thank you so much and then is there a meaning difference between #1 and #2? Or both ways mean the same? What do you think?

Both are the same.

CJ

Hans51 · Answer

http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/slash.html

If you do not mind, could you check this site?

Someone insists that slash can mean 'and' so I think that usage of slash is kind of different.

What do you think?

Thank you so much as usual.

CalifJim · Answer

Hans51What do you think?

The example was

The slash sometimes serves as shorthand for and, as in:
He is enrolling in the JD/MBA program at Harvard.

Personally, I would never have known that that was supposed to mean the JD and MBA program. It's new to me.
Maybe Harvard or other schools have that sort of combined program available to students, and they express it with a slash, but I have not seen it before.

CJ

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