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Q&A How to replace "and/or" in sentences with multiple terms?

When writing a legal document, what is the proper way to replace and/or in a list with more than two terms to remove ambiguity? For example, if I just have two terms: deliver apples and/or ora...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Antonio O.‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:39:27Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Antonio O.‭ · 2019-12-08T05:39:27Z (over 4 years ago)
When writing a legal document, what is the proper way to replace and/or in a list with more than two terms to remove ambiguity?

For example, if I just have two terms:

> deliver apples and/or oranges

could be replaced with:

> deliver apples, oranges or both

so the valid results are:

["apples", "oranges", "apples and oranges"]

Now, I would like to do the same for the following sentence:

> deliver apples, oranges and/or pears

So the valid results are:

["apples", "oranges", "pears", "apples and oranges", "apples and pears", "oranges and pears", "apples, oranges and pears"]

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-10-08T16:00:04Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 1