ClearTips: Edit yourself

Exceptions: Use the familiar or explicit order

This simple way of injecting order into a disorderly sentence does not work all the time.

cream and peaches
CHANGE TO
peaches and cream
the bees and the birds
CHANGE TO
the birds and the bees
gold, myrrh, and frankincense
CHANGE TO
gold, frankincense, and myrrh
Earth, Venus, and Mercury are the three planets closest to the sun.
CHANGE TO
Mercury, Venus, and Earth are the three planets closest to the sun, in that order.

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