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4141Example: ` <entry>5.2.11, 5.3.1</entry> `
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4343## General Grammar
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4445The PHP Manual should be written with particular attention to general
4546American English grammar and spelling.
46- The [ serial (Oxford) comma] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma )
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48+ - The [ serial (Oxford) comma] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma )
4749should be used in a series of three or more terms.
48- Contractions should be used appropriately.
49- Special attention should be applied to sentence construction when using
50+
51+ - Contractions should be used appropriately.
52+
53+ - Special attention should be applied to sentence construction when using
5054prepositions (i.e., sentences should not end in prepositions).
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56+ - If a statement includes a conditional conjunction, the condition being
57+ met should come before the independent clause.
58+ The previous statement is an example of how a conditional conjuction
59+ should be formatted.
60+ See [ PR #1565 ] ( https://github.com/php/doc-en/pull/1565 ) for another
61+ example.
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5263## PHP Manual Terms
5364
5465There are various phrases and technical terms used throughout the manual where
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