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A good editor would have replaced that comma with a semicolon.
by oska 9y ago
A good editor would have replaced that comma with a semicolon.
- JadeNB 9y ago> > "Avenue (Ave): may have trees on one side, perpendicular to streets" > A good editor would have replaced that comma with a semicolon. As usual for such problems, there are multiple fixes. I think just switching the clauses, as in "Avenue: perpendicular to streets, may have trees on one side", is just as clear (although of course it's easy to come up with examples where such a re-ordering won't do it).
- tzs 9y agoI don't think switching the clauses helps. The two clauses are meant to be completely independent. In some places "avenue" means a road having trees on the side, regardless of how that road is related to streets. In other places, "avenue" means perpendicular to streets, regardless of whether or not it has trees. An example of such a place is Seattle, which chooses "street" or "avenue" based solely on direction. Streets run east/west, avenues run north/south.