• invertedspear@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    11 days ago

    An “and” before the last item tells you it’s an inclusive list. An “or” before the last item tells you it’s a pick one. A “nor” tells you it wasn’t any of those. It’s word to wait to the last item to know what the list was, but English is a screwed up language.

    • Fleur_@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      11 days ago

      Yeah that makes sense. I’d still use “or” for listing options. Don’t really see how omitting the “and” leads to ambiguity though.