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minus-squareieatpillowtags@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoNo matter how many times I read this it makes no sense, why so many ands the first time?
minus-squarewh0_cares@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoA more detailed version of the sentence would be: We need more space between the word fish & the word and, & the word and & the word chips 3 of the "and"s are the literal actual word “and”, while the other two are referring to the word “and” on the sign.
minus-squarewhereisk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoA comma after the first two ands would make things clearer.
No matter how many times I read this it makes no sense, why so many ands the first time?
A more detailed version of the sentence would be:
3 of the "and"s are the literal actual word “and”, while the other two are referring to the word “and” on the sign.
That helped, thank you!
A comma after the first two ands would make things clearer.