LogFAQs > #976759425

brestugo posted...

The difference between "the right to trim, cut and remove [the debris]"

vs. "the right to trim, cut [missing comma?] and remove [trees]" [brackets mine]

is that the 1st interpretation means pretty much what it says - cut and remove debris.

The second interpretation - adding a comma - gives the company the ability to use herbicides - or seemingly whatever they think will "remove" trees, when without the "missing" comma it seems to me the sentence is clearly about just "removing debris".

Where do trees come from the term 'remove'?

Would you even use pesticide when doing anything with trees? The way I read it is that the farmers want to read 'remove' as the act following trimming and cutting and the electric company wants to read it as a primary act in itself that pesticides can be used to accomplish, ei: "removing"/exterminating plant matter.