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Hope you're well. I'm little bit confused about the use of 'and' & 'or'. Also, lack of knowledge to differentiate 'and' and '&". Can you help me by giving some examples, please.
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You use ‘and’ when you indicate that, all factors are included: Jack and Jill went up means both went up; However, ‘or’ is used denote a choice, an alternative, or only one. –‘This or that’- Jack or Jill went up means only one of them went up.

Another example:

You can eat apples, oranges, plums and peaches- means that you can eat all of the items.
You can eat apples, oranges, plums or peaches – means you can eat only of the items.
The meaning therefore depends upon the context.

2. ‘And’ is a ‘word’. It is a conjunction to join two similar elements such as two words, two phrases, or even two sentences. However, '&' is a symbol. It is used only in combinations of titles such as Johnson & Johnson, and so becomes part of the title. “&’ is used more in informal writing. It is not much used in formal English as a synonym for ‘and’ and we are required to spell the word ‘and’ rather than symbolize it.
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You use ‘and’ when you indicate that, all factors are included: Jack and Jill went up means both went up; However, ‘or’ is used denote a choice, an alternative, or only one. –‘This or that’- Jack or Jill went up means only one of them went up.

Another example:

You can eat apples, oranges, plums and peaches- means that you can eat all of the items.
You can eat apples, oranges, plums or peaches – means you can eat only of the items.
The meaning therefore depends upon the context.

2. ‘And’ is a ‘word’. It is a conjunction to join two similar elements such as two words, two phrases, or even two sentences. However, '&' is a symbol. It is used only in combinations of titles such as Johnson & Johnson, and so becomes part of the title. “&’ is used more in informal writing. It is not much used in formal English as a synonym for ‘and’ and we are required to spell the word ‘and’ rather than symbolize it.
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I Can't understand what the meaning of the following sentence. Can you please help me to comprehend the the sentence?

The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized.
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The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized.

iThe meaning of the sentence is “You can call a food as natural if the food does not contain any single one of the three factors namely,
1. Color/ flavor additives (or)
2 chemical preservatives (or)
3. Any synthetic material, --- meaning that if the food contains even if any one of the proscribed items, then it cannot be called natural.
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The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized.

iThe meaning of the sentence is “You can call a food as natural if the food does not contain any single one of the three factors namely,
1. Color/ flavor additives (or)
2 chemical preservatives (or)
3. Any synthetic material, --- meaning that if the food contains even if any one of the proscribed items, then it cannot be called natural.
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That means: the word "natural" is LIMITED. If the food contains color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized, we can't use "natural" in those foods, right?
But, the main sentence says another meaning. 'Natural' is restricted to those foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical blah blah blah..... .That means: if my food contains color or flavor, chemical preservatives, blah blah blah then 'natural' is NOT restricted-I'm allowed to use 'natural' in those foods. What do you think. Am I right?

Also, why or is used here. If someone used and here, will there be any problem in meaning?
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The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized.
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I am afraid that you are misinterpreting the meaning of the word ‘restricted. Restricted means ‘allowed limitedly’ to those that contain no artificial things. If you try to negate the sentence on both sides, the meaning will be absurd. It will mean that, ‘The commission has directed advertisers not to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do it contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized. If you interpret it that way, now you can merrily use the word natural to those food that have has artificial things, but then why will you need restrictions at all anyway ?Do you see your problem? Take away is that if you fail to grasp the intention in its perspective, then you would be vulnerable squander valuable time in the exam.
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The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word "natural" to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized.

iThe meaning of the sentence is “You can call a food as natural if the food does not contain any single one of the three factors namely,
1. Color/ flavor additives (or)
2 chemical preservatives (or)
3. Any synthetic material, --- meaning that if the food contains even if any one of the proscribed items, then it cannot be called natural.
That means: the word "natural" is LIMITED. If the food contains color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or anything that has been synthesized, we can't use "natural" in those foods, right?
But, the main sentence says another meaning. 'Natural' is restricted to those foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical blah blah blah..... .That means: if my food contains color or flavor, chemical preservatives, blah blah blah then 'natural' is NOT restricted-I'm allowed to use 'natural' in those foods. What do you think. Am I right?

Also, why or is used here. If someone used and here, will there be any problem in meaning?
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Think about this simpler example:

I don't eat fruit or vegetables.

This is grammatical - you could argue about why it makes logical sense, but I think it's easier just to memorize it. You use 'or' if you're saying that nothing on a list is true. For example, here, you don't eat fruit, and you also don't eat vegetables. Because you don't eat any of the things on the list, you use 'or'. The following sentences are also grammatical, for the same reason:

You can't call a food natural if it contains artificial preservatives or flavors.
Nobody likes bad drivers or rude people.

For what it's worth, the GMAT is much more likely to test 'and/or' in the context of another idiom, rather than testing it like this. For example, you might have to choose between the following two sentences:

She likes both pasta and pizza.
She likes both pasta or pizza.

It looks like they're testing 'and' versus 'or', but they're actually testing whether you know the idiom 'both X and Y'.
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