When things are in a list, attributes of one are assumed for all:
Bob has red hair and john has red hair but terry has brown hair.
Also, the list related non-sequitur:
Bob has red hair and terry is from Maryland.
To be in a list, with only two items is a bit ambiguous. So
Bob has red hair and terry has brown hair
Is almost OK. It could also be
Bob has red hair but terry has brown hair
Maybe I should acknowledge a weak form of "but",
Update: Possibly at the expense of subtlety, lets try to make this clearer: a "list" pattern is established when a shared property is found in the first two, or more, elements of a list. They are connected by the word 'and'. The first time the pattern is violated, requires a 'but'. It is noted that some patterns allow for a constant portion and a variable portion. So hair color is constant but the actual color is not, in the last example. I would focus on the first example as the only one that is a real truism.
For the record, here is the current list of truisms.
(X->Y)_/[place, time, manner] (Events are local)
X->person::person_/feeling (Affects cause feelings)
person_/feeling::person->Y (Passion evokes action)
(person->Y)_/[GOOD] (Actions are efficient)
(X->Y)_/GOOD::Y_/GOOD (Efficient actions produce good)
X_/A::X_/[A] (Attributes are constant)
N(X), N(Y), [N(Z)] (List patterns are constant)
X_/A_/GOOD::X_/B_/GOOD (Value transfers between attributes)
X_/(+/-) :: Y_/(+/-) (Polarity transfers between things)
X* :: X (Conflict is resolved)
N([Z]),Z (The implicit can become explicit)
N([Z]*)::Z (The blocked implicit must become explicit)
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