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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread

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Originally Posted by KimT
Let me just clear this up once and for all. BOTH forms with commas are acceptable. HOWEVER commas after each item is prefered, because of the other interpretations left open by there NOT being a comma.

In other words, it can STILL go either way without there being a grammer mistake.
The use of a comma before "and" is a serial comma. Personally, I prefer this, but it's technically a matter of what style guide you use. In any case, in reference to the game clue, using a serial comma in this year's clue would've been incorrect.

The clue says: "between Pi, You and Me"

"Between" is used for two subjects and thus they are "Pi" and "You and Me". If you had a comma before the "and Me", the word "between" would need to have been replaced with "among". I don't seen anything left to intepretation in the clue other than its meaning. The grammar's fine.

On another note, I lived in Cleveland for five years, during the 95 & 97 World Series... GO INDIANS! And does anyone else agree that the baseball references probably were used this year due to the Red Sox?
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