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"Madhavan M" asked:
>
> Could you let me know which of the following is
> correct in terms of "and" usage?
>
> Start Date, Start Time, End Date, and End Time
>
> or
>
> Start Date and Start Time and End Date and End Time
Michael West wrote:
>
> ...I can think of a situation in which you might want to write
> "Start Date and Start Time, and End Date and End Time",
> referring to two separate pairs of entities. Note the comma
> inserted between the pairs.
There's no grammatical justification for the insertion of the
comma between two conjoined clauses of equal "weight."
If the intended meaning is to separate two pairs, I'd write:
the starting date and time and the ending date and time
I know it doesn't call out the names specifically, but it's
simple and unambiguous and familiar and unintimidating. :)
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