• orangeJuiceBongo@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Maybe bc I’m not a native speaker but I don’t get it. Is a comma equivalent to an ‘and’? This is how I read it anyway.

    And it is indeed super common in headlines. Maybe to keep word count lower?

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      2 years ago

      That makes the most sense to me: a relic from printed news that editors continue using in order to feel like editors.

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      2 years ago

      You only use a comma when listing 3 or more items. Milk, eggs, and cheese. Saying “milk, cheese” is lazy and just reeks of a writer who thinks they’re too good for the rules.

      Maybe to keep word count lower?

      This is it, even though it’s completely unnecessary.