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Skriven 2006-03-20 00:22:52 av Nathaly Borisova(SJ) (2:478/37.21)
  Kommentar till text 26466 av Robert Couture (1:229/2000)
Ärende: Punctuation (was: Elist)
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Hello Robert!
18.03.2006 21:47:46, Robert Couture wrote to Roy Witt:

 RC>
 RC> RW|> Well, it seems that we have two different authorities on the use of
 RC> RW|> the elipsis.

    Oh yes, the authorities. They could be anywhere. Different, sure. The sign
of 20th..

 RC>
 RC> Always remember though that the "The Chicago Manual of Style" is a subset
of a much older language reference: Oxford :)  Just as American English is a
subset of a much older language: British English, which is s subset of Olde
English ... which is ... :)

 The manual of style... Hey, what is style?

  Do you know?

 RC> RW|> English class.
 RC>
 RC> I disagree.  A poorly punctuated paragraph is harder to read than a
properly punctuated one.  I would go as far as saying that the menaing of the
auther can be misinterpretted if he uses the wrong punctuation.

 Misinterpretation is the world. And ever shall be. Without end. Come on,
superlinguist.


 RC>
RC>>> Just having some fun ... no insult intended or anything negative
RC>>> like that.
 RC>
 RC> RW|> Same here.

 The same and the other....

  Bye.

  DifferAnce.Deconstruction.
Ceci ne pas une pipe.
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