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[[File:Andor.png|thumb|right|500px|for extra cosmological points, try the preferred EU formulation.]] | {{a|plainenglish|[[File:Andor.png|thumb|right|500px|for extra cosmological points, try the preferred EU formulation.]]}} | ||
===In brief=== | ===In brief=== | ||
In a {{nutshell}}, “{{f|and/or}}” means “{{f|or}}”, because “{{f|or}}” includes “{{f|and}}”. | In a {{nutshell}}, “{{f|and/or}}” means “{{f|or}}”, because “{{f|or}}” includes “{{f|and}}”. | ||
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There is no grounds for this fear. Logically, this is how one defines {{f|and}} and {{f|or}}: | There is no grounds for this fear. Logically, this is how one defines {{f|and}} and {{f|or}}: | ||
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And/or is not just ugly; it’s defeatist, because of the presence of the [[virgule]], that whoreson {{tag|slash}}, which is not even a part of idiomatic punctuation in the English language. It’s a decoration. It has no fixed grammatical meaning. That slash admits that the plain, punctuated words of the English language have defeated you. | And/or is not just ugly; it’s defeatist, because of the presence of the [[virgule]], that whoreson {{tag|slash}}, which is not even a part of idiomatic punctuation in the English language. It’s a decoration. It has no fixed grammatical meaning. That slash admits that the plain, punctuated words of the English language have defeated you. | ||