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From: Sun★Works
you have to define the use of "or", in your situation, more.
if you are contrasting multiple words like:
Do you choose blue or red or yellow or green or mauve?
you could list them out just like that or you could do it this way:
Do you choose blue, red, yellow, green, or mauve? which, to me, is more correct
so the answer to multiple uses of or could be commas but if someone uses "or" frequently to contrast two items then "or" is required
Does that help?
if you are contrasting multiple words like:
Do you choose blue or red or yellow or green or mauve?
you could list them out just like that or you could do it this way:
Do you choose blue, red, yellow, green, or mauve? which, to me, is more correct
so the answer to multiple uses of or could be commas but if someone uses "or" frequently to contrast two items then "or" is required
Does that help?
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From: Monteagle, TN
Originally Posted by PrimoGen,Oct 9 2007, 12:23 PM
you have to define the use of "or", in your situation, more.
if you are contrasting multiple words like:
Do you choose blue or red or yellow or green or mauve?
you could list them out just like that or you could do it this way:
Do you choose blue, red, yellow, green, or mauve? which, to me, is more correct
so the answer to multiple uses of or could be commas but if someone uses "or" frequently to contrast two items then "or" is required
Does that help?
if you are contrasting multiple words like:
Do you choose blue or red or yellow or green or mauve?
you could list them out just like that or you could do it this way:
Do you choose blue, red, yellow, green, or mauve? which, to me, is more correct
so the answer to multiple uses of or could be commas but if someone uses "or" frequently to contrast two items then "or" is required
Does that help?
We'll just call it open ended style of writing, and call it a day. Thanks Everyone!
