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Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team ).
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:05:55 GMT
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I loved the bit about needing another bracket to close off after the smiley,
this is something I grapple with all the time! Usually my smileys are
within the "()", and being a pedantic sort of person I always want to put
the closing ")" on after the smiley but this ends up giving it a double
chinned sort of look! Consequently, I'm never sure which is the better route...
Deidre (Yeah, I know - I'm beyond help ":)")
drb@tasmail.com
(Oh, that's not gonna work, as now I can't count the smiley as punctuation
":)".)
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| (...) I've grappled with that one, too [I've tried square brackets, but then the comment ends up looking like an editorial comment, rather than a parenthetical one ;-)]. Maybe squiggly brackets ({}) would help? Cheers Richie (and that full stop (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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