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Post by Viteu Marcianüs on Jul 30, 2019 19:52:03 GMT -6
General observation, I really hate the construction "and/or." You really only need "or."
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Ian Plätschisch
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Jul 30, 2019 20:14:09 GMT -6
General observation, I really hate the construction "and/or." You really only need "or." From a CS perspective, it makes it clear you don't mean XOR
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Post by Viteu Marcianüs on Jul 30, 2019 20:32:25 GMT -6
General observation, I really hate the construction "and/or." You really only need "or." From a CS perspective, it makes it clear you don't mean XOR But absent the "either" it's not an exclusive or. And implies each part is necessary. Or means one or both or all. Either or means one at the exclusion of the other. And/or means either all or some. In law, this unnecessarily confuses what is required (are elements required or are only some?). ; See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/And/or for a decent legal criticism. This is one of the three pet peeves that I'll red pen and send back the moment I get a draft of something on my desk (as opposed to other things I'll just tell the person not to do again in the future).
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Ian Plätschisch
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Talossan Since: 3-21-2015
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Post by Ian Plätschisch on Jul 30, 2019 20:40:36 GMT -6
From a CS perspective, it makes it clear you don't mean XOR But absent the "either" it's not an exclusive or. And implies each part is necessary. Or means one or both or all. Either or means one at the exclusion of the other. And/or means either all or some. In law, this unnecessarily confuses what is required (are elements required or are only some?). ; See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/And/or for a decent legal criticism. This is one of the three pet peeves that I'll red pen and send back the moment I get a draft of something on my desk (as opposed to other things I'll just tell the person not to do again in the future). I agree with the legal criticism although even the Wikipedia page mentions the fact that "or" by itself can sometimes be the exclusive or. However, this is someone who has spent way more time studying logic gates in discrete math than legalese. What are your other two pet peeves?
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Post by Viteu Marcianüs on Jul 31, 2019 3:39:58 GMT -6
(1) writing "please return with seven (7) days" ... Like, just put seven. I can read.
(2) Using ordinals in dates when the year is present.
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