Or And and Or. Which is correct? And when? And why not both?
While writing a letter I created a sentence where I stated that I was forced to choose between two alternatives, essentially I said:
Forced to choose between riding Public Transport for three hours or spending one hour in my car I chose to drive.
Now I tried adding a comma between car and I but it made no difference; in both cases Word's Grammar/Spellchecker insisted there was a mistake with the or. When I hit F7 it told me the correct word to use was and. Which makes sense, but or also made sense to me. I can choose one or the other, right? So why is it correct to use or in the sentence immediately preceding this one, but I must use and in my example?
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I figured out the key word is between.
You can choose between Option1 and Option2.
versus...
You can choose Option1 or Option2.
You did write "Grammer" in the title as an intentional joke, yes?
Er...yes, yes, of course I did. Heh heh.
Ok, I didn't. Truth is, without a spell checker to catch me, I almost always spell grammar incorrectly :(
Lady: Where's your mother?
Boy: She ain't 'ere.
Lady: Where's your father?
Boy: He ain't 'ere.
Lady: Good Lord, boy! Where's your grammar?
Boy: She ain't 'ere either.
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