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Subject:Re: Periods After Whole Numbers etc. From:WRONECKI Frederic DG <frederic -dot- wronecki -at- FRANCETELECOM -dot- FR> Date:Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:46:52 +0200
Ian White wrote :
>> Programming languages often do contaminate written English. In one
>> software manual written by the creator of the program, every sentence
>> that begins with "If" contains a matching "then".
That doesn't sound absurd... It is recommended by the Information Mapping
method.
It helps the reader make a clear distinction between the condition that must
be fulfilled and the action to take.
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Frederic Wronecki
France Telecom, Paris, France
mailto : frederic -dot- wronecki -at- francetelecom -dot- fr
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