RE: And Or

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

Ben wrote:

"Allow additional room for maneuvering the shipping containers around
corners and/or through doors."

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"Allow additional room for maneuvering the shipping containers."

Your instincts were right.  As a technical writer I prefer to be more specific than "and/or".  In this case I'd be tempted to include two illustrations -- one showing the additional room needed to go around a corner, another showing the additional room needed to go through a door.

Dori Green
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