that's a pause, Sam, yes
but not a hiccup
i take back pause
a minor disruption is what i mean
an unexpected pause
trouble with commas etc is that they are also there assyntacticalindicators
i mean as syntactical indicators
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Brenton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 02 August 2002 11:10
Subject: Re: The slash mark or "solidus"
| At 10:44 02/08/2002, you wrote:
| >when I use / *now it is because - I think - I am after a feeling of a
| >pause - a hiccup yes - without a full line break...
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| Commas are also good for, that.
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| - Sam ;-)
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