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Subject:Re: mail delivery error (fwd) From:Steve Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:39:31 CDT
> Consider the following-----> At ABC company, we make products with the
> consumer in mind; products that aid in productivity and quality.
> Notice the semicolon. Would you change it to a comma, period, colon, or
> leave the semicolon.
> The reason i'm asking, 'cause everyone i ask seems to have a different
> opinion. (One of my books says a semicolon, the other a colon.)
Trusty Strunk and White recommend using either a colon or a dash to introduce
appositives, reserving the dash for longer phrases.
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Stephen P. Victor svictor -at- lgc -dot- com
Landmark Graphics Corporation http://www.cda.ulpgc.es/steve.html
15150 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77009 USA
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