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Re: Grammar Police again (was: Alpha Team :)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:27:38 GMT
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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 a universal standard that a smiley face at the end of a
parenthetical comment closes that comment
(e.g. :) but this causes problems if you dont feel too smiley.
should this be crossposted to .pedantic.bobblehat ???
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James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
#925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado
"Richie Dulin" <rdulin@austarmetro.com.au> wrote in message
news:Gt9Dwx.D41@lugnet.com...
> 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...
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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 ;-)].
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> Maybe squiggly brackets ({}) would help?
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> Cheers
>
> Richie (and that full stop after the ";-)" makes it look like I'm
dribbling ;-).
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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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