Subject:Punctuation question From:"nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2007 05:53:11 -0500
I also grew up understanding that the
colon was formal and the comma informal.
But we also had the semicolon in between,
for a friendly, favorable business
relationship.
Still, I would advise staying very
formal when dealing with your boss's
19-year-old daughter.
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Mark L. Levinson - nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il
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Mark discourses to fellow Israeli techwriters in
The Why of Style, at http://www.elephant.org.il/
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