On 05/04/18 18:12, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 5 April 2018 12:47:43 BST Wol's lists wrote: >> > On 05/04/18 09:57, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> > > Indeed, and that's more-or-less how I see the usual American insistence >>> > > on >>> > > a comma before the "and" before the last item in a list, even though it >>> > > gets in the way and introduces ambiguity - the infamous Oxford comma. >>> > > >>> > > But that's a whole new can of worms. >> > >> > I think we should table that ... > Do you mean shelve it? In this country, tabling something means putting it on > the table - for discussion. > Didn't you look at my email address :-) But yes I know the meaning depends on nationality, which is exactly why I said it ... :-)
(Oh - and the meaning in both languages is actually a lot closer than most people realise, as was explained to me somewhere ...) Cheers, Wol
