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  Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team ).
 
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 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team ).
 
(...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team :)
 
Im glad its not just me. you cant use squiggly brackets either or people will think you are sad usenet script kiddie using 'if' statements in his postings (and saying thinks like k3wl and 133t. :) ) I find a bit of spacing helps, or shall we make it (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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