Re: comma question

Subject: Re: comma question
From: Nora Merhar <nora -at- helloworld -dot- sh>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:49:49 -0600


Lord help us all if your parents are Ayn Rand and God.

JB Foster wrote:

"I'd like to thank my parents, Ann Rynd and God."


From reading the above, I would have thought that: my parents are Ann Rand
and God. IMHO, the comma after 'Ann Rand,' gives the sentence a completely
different meaning!


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