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Subject:Re: mail delivery error (fwd) From:Dan 'Fergus' Roberts <droberts -at- PANIX -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 26 Jul 1995 05:48:32 -0400
: > 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.
A comma would be grammatically <sp?> correct.
A period, colon, or semicolon would not be.
A dash would also be correct and would also give a stronger sense of
separation <that silent little pause that you hear between the two
'products' phrases> than a comma would.
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Dan 'Fergus' Roberts
droberts -at- panix -dot- com
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