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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 06:26:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> 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...
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 after the ";-)" makes it look like I'm dribbling ;-).
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 | | Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team :)
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| 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 (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team ).
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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