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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 07/25/06 09:10
Toby Inkster wrote:
> In standard typography, parentheses are used to enclose additional
> comments or information (when a sentence would be grammatically
> correct without it). An alternative -- which many consider neater --
> is to use em-dashes. On the other hand, brackets are used to indicate
> ommissions, and occasionally clarifications in quoted text. e.g.
>
> To be, or not to be: that is the question:
> Whether 'tis nobler [...] to suffer
< [... from bad things or] To die: to sleep.
WARNING! You have injected an overdose of class into this group with
that example. Expect convulsions to begin within minutes. :)
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Blinky
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