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In a {{nutshell}} “[[and/or]]” means “[[or]]”, because “[[or]]” includes “[[and]]”. | ===In brief=== | ||
In a {{nutshell}}, “[[and/or]]” means “[[or]]”, because “[[or]]” includes “[[and]]”. | |||
Never use [[and/or]]. It is the lawyer’s equivalent of having a limp, moist handshake. | |||
===In tedious detail=== | |||
“[[And/or]]” crops up often in mediocre drafting. It has a face only a mother could love. It is borne of the quite unjustified fear that when contemplating a list of alternatives the occurrence of ''any'' of which leads to an certain outcome, one’s plans in that regard might somehow come unstuck if they ''all'' occur. | “[[And/or]]” crops up often in mediocre drafting. It has a face only a mother could love. It is borne of the quite unjustified fear that when contemplating a list of alternatives the occurrence of ''any'' of which leads to an certain outcome, one’s plans in that regard might somehow come unstuck if they ''all'' occur. | ||