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That's a period for the US and a stop for UK, I comprimised with "dots." I
didn't want to offend anyone not familiar with periods.
Lauren
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From: Brian Henderson [mailto:brian-henderson -at- cox -dot- net]
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:49 AM
To: Lauren; vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Recruitment Agencies
> On a side-note: Why did you use dots in "U.S." but not in "UK"?
> Shouldn't a tech writer be consistent?
> Lauren
Lauren, those aren't dots, they're periods. Only URLs use dots.
Unfortunately, keyboard makers refuse to provide us with a dot key, so it's
easy to become confused.
Brian Henderson
www.xywrite.com
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