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Subject:Re: Copyright date in docs From:"Dick Margulis" <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:12:32 -0500
Erick Kandl wrote:
>
> Not sure about a legal difference, but the most common usage I've seen
> is to use a hyphen (e.g. 1997-2000) to include all dates.
Erik,
Use an en dash rather than a hyphen to indicate a range of numbers. The en dash generally replaces a preposition or conjunction. In the case of number ranges, it replaces the preposition "to."
Dick
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