On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 09:18 -0500, Diane Mackay wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > Some changes were made recently to a couple of FAQ entries and I think that > > we should discuss the changes made. Specifically adding commas to lists. You > > see, when I went to school, lists did not need commas; however I see in CVS > > that they were put in. > > > > So which is it to be commas in a list or no commas? > > > > In either case ALL the existing documents, including help, need to be > > checked > > and corrected to whatever standard we choose. > > Ger, > > I looked up the use of lists in two college English textbooks (early 1980s) > and > in a fairly new dictionary (year 2000), and I agree that your method is > correct. > My edits to the FAQs were wrong. I'm very sorry. > > Thank you very much for pointing out my error. I appreciate it, and I learned > from it. >
No problem. I just want to ensure that we are on the same page. Did you catch Jean's message? Seems that there is room for both formats. We should be consistent in our usage; otherwise there is confusion. Anyone else? -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
