Hello Liz! On Wednesday, June 01, 2005, 12:19 PM, you wrote:
> HUGE difference. I'm going to accept these points of view as a Brit thing. You see, you're discussing occurrences and mixing them in with how locutions are used in speech--whether the speech is written or oral. The definitions which have been liberally quoted from authorized sources in this thread are concerned with writing styles and speech locutions. Big difference there, also. Main thing: give a clear signal to your potential listeners whether you are speaking sarcastically, ironically, or just in joking banter. And that's where we came in, with Tony's sarcastic answer in re the Suggestion for HTML templates. <friendly smile> -- Best regards, Mary The Bat 3.5.25 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.25 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/

