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Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man
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Rick Richardson |
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Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man |
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Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:23:31 -0600 |
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 09:43:16AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>
> After some thinking, I wonder whether think the following is the right
> one:
>
> .char \[...] .\|.\|.
>
> Note that there is no `\&' at the end. Similar to a sentence stop,
> the user has to decide whether the ellipsis is ending a sentence or
> not. So the relevant grammatical question is whether an ellipsis
> really ends a sentence -- I've already seen a solution which uses
> four dots instead of three to mark that.
>
> Please comment. Is there any reference for that?
This seems relevent:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/punctuation/3_5.htm
Query Google "ellipsis at the end of a sentence" for more references.
-Rick
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- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, (continued)
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Stewart C. Russell, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Rick Richardson, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Stewart C. Russell, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Rick Richardson, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Bernd Warken, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Bernd Warken, 2002/01/24
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia, 2002/01/25
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Werner LEMBERG, 2002/01/24
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man,
Rick Richardson <=
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Stewart C. Russell, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Rick Richardson, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Ted Harding, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Ted Harding, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Werner LEMBERG, 2002/01/24
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Anne Marcel Roorda, 2002/01/23
- Re: [Groff] groff_ms.man, Rick Richardson, 2002/01/24