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Thread #132499 Message #4004077
Posted By: leeneia
10-Aug-19 - 08:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Here's a peeve of mine: baby-talk conjunctions in professional writing.
"The cause might be heavy rainfall or impervious surfaces or poorly-designed revetments."
instead of
"The cause might be heavy rainfall, impervious surfaces or poorly-designed revetments."
To me, the first way is how children talk. They start a sentence, then they add elements with "or" or "and" as they think of them. A professional should think ahead.