> -----Original Message----- > From: Hartmut Holzgraefe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 June 2003 20:35 > > Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > >> Adding our own things to docbook is not a good idea, as it > will need > >> more modifications to our stylesheets. Also, it will make it less > >> flexible in cases like: > > > Why our own tag for see also would be better? > > > > - 98% [approx] of see alsos are not that exoticaly worded, as you > > have done in your example > > - with our own tags, no translation would be needed for this part > > - there will be an ability to automatically recognize see > also parts, > > which can seriously help in presentation, and automatic discovery > > [eg. we can check what parts are better connected in the manual, > > and what needs more attention] > > i remember that we have thought about it before (when someone insisted > that in english a comma is needed before the 'and' here ...) ...
That someone was wrong -- at least according to how I had it drummed into me at school lo! these many years ago. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule (e.g. "I shop at Tesco, Marks and Spencer, and Asda"), but I would say the elements in a see-also list are short enough and unambiguous enough not to warrant a comma before the "and". It's not definitively wrong, but it's definitely not necessary. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
