"And according to both Kelly, the BSA, and recent news reports, the 
    
    money you spend [on pirated software] goes to support other, more 
    violent crimes." 
Now let's consider a separate issue: Is it acceptable to use the 
    formulation "both A, B, and C"? Common sense would seem to answer 
    no. 
    After all, Webster's defines the adjective "both" as meaning "being 
    
    the two: affecting or involving the one and the other." And the 
    "Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage" states unequivocally (though 
    
    a tad inelegantly), "Properly used 'both' should be used only in 
    reference to two people or things." 
But wait! Webster's adduces a very different definition for the 
    conjunction "both": "used as a function word to indicate and 
    stress 
    the inclusion of each of two or more things specified by coordinated 
    words, phrases, or clauses." In other words, Webster's argues that 
    "both" can serve as a number-nonspecific intensifier for a list 
    of 
    following objects. More on this in another. 
  
