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This sentence could either mean that the speaker called his superiors, as well as Sally and Michael, or that Sally and Michael are in fact the speaker’s superiors. " I immediately called my superiors, Sally and Michael. In the article the piece about the Oxford Comma seemed to me a little confusing, in that you find it confusing. After all they seemed to want to change everything else that the English historically held dear, but these articles and comments demonstrate a new view for me and thanks for that. Million^2 and a Trillion was a Million Billion = Million^3 and so on and that this new fangled Billion (1 000 000 000) was just an Americanism. So eg a Billion was a million million i.e. As a young English boy back in the late 40's, the system I also learnt was that large named numbers increased not just in 'ions but in Millions. I found William's comment regarding the 'ions very interesting. Which brings me to the next challenge: Different international measuring units – but that's another story for another day!Īll this goes to show how enjoyable and wonderful language is whilst being simultaneously annoying and frustrating.