Who gets the tips if I don't drink $109 in booze per day?

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29 minutes ago, IronRobi said:

Sorry, but no. If the salary portion was meant as an independent clause there would have been the comma after the word salary and before the word AND. I agree it initially looks out of place however there are 2 common scenarios when placing a comma before the word and is acceptable. When you have a list greater than 3 items it's acceptable to put a comma before the final item if it fits your writing style. The other is when there are 2 independent clauses. So if salary were not funded by the DSC, it would read "Certain members of Carrier’s crew are compensated by a combination of salary, and incentive programs that are funded in part by the service charge paid by each Guest." 

 

Placing the comma after the word programs is not proper grammar, and you can freely verify this yourself using Grammarly. (Note that this sentence is another independent clause where the comma before and is acceptable).

 

EDIT: Also remember that this is from a legal document of a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company. Improper placement of a comma (or lack of one) would alter the meaning of the document and could result in lawsuits or even jailtime. 

This is why most legal contracts are written in a tight manner with stand alone clauses. Compound sentences read prettier, but are messy to deal with in understanding. 

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