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From: Ludwik Kowalski [mailto:KowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 8:36 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: style
Another thing that is annoying, beside unknown acronymes,
is when people quote without using the > symbol in each
line, or when they do not say who is being quoted. Or
when sentences do not begin with capital letters, etc.
Ludwik Kowalski
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Two comments:
1. The insertion or not of ">" at the beginning of a quoted line is not
generally under the control
of the individual. It's generated by one's e-mail software.
2. While I much prefer to see postings which are correct in grammar,
spelling, and punctuation,
this is not a medium which always permits the author to fix such errors.
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