Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8306 posts, RR: 11 Posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 2959 times:
This is something I have wondered about for a long time. In the titles of many American films or TV programmes I have seen something like "Produced by John Doe and Pete Smith & George Jones". Never mind that this is bad grammar, but what is the distinction between "and" and "&" in the US?
After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF...
IFEMaster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 2953 times:
Where '&' is used, you treat the connection as a single unit. So, in the example you gave, John Doe was one half of the partnership, and Pete and George were the other half.
Perhaps viewing it like a mathematical statement:
Produced = 1 + (1+1).
Where company names are concerned, you see it often...
"Produced by ACME and Roadrunner & Son" where ACME is the first company, and Roadrunner & Son is the second company.
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