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Re: [Fwd: Re: Avoid the Semicolon in Tech Writing?]
Subject:Re: [Fwd: Re: Avoid the Semicolon in Tech Writing?] From:dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:10:23 -0700
As I said, you need semicolons to make *this* sentence unambiguous:
Your choices are A, B, C, and D, or E.
Sean Brierley wrote:
>
> I'd use a table.
So might I, especially given a more complex list; but that sentence is
not a table. Using a table is not an option if you want to write *that*
sentence.
>
> Dunno, dood, sounds complex.
Um...apparently too much so.
--David
P.S. I never said, nor do I believe to be true, that the only reason
to use semicolons is because the boss tells you to do so.
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