To: Constitution Day
Lawyers for one thing are very particular about commas. A comma used or not used can very significantly change the interpretation of a contract for one example.
To: Hootowl99
Lawyers for one thing are very particular about commas. A comma used or not used can very significantly change the interpretation of a contract for one example.
I remember reading about a court case where money was left for 3 people by a deceased relative. It was to be split evenly between Tom, Dick and Harry. The judges interpretation was that Tom was to receive 50%, Dick and Harry were to split the other 50% as they were judged to be "together" and not separate like Tom.
Interesting stuff!
53 posted on
07/22/2011 11:41:49 AM PDT by
copaliscrossing
(Progressives are Socialists)
To: Hootowl99
Duly noted. However, the link goes to the video of a song called “Oxford Comma”...(grin)
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