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I'm sure I read somewhere that this form can be best understood in terms of the implied or transparent comma -- from memory, that would be a Unicode "ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK COMMA". (Known to some as the fairy or pixie comma, spreading a little List Context magic while remaining tantalizingly just out of sight. I believe that in Ireland this is also known as one of the extensive family of O'Mission leprechauns.)

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