Subject: Re: [FFML] [SPAM] Argument about dots.
From: Salomon Farin
Date: 5/1/1996, 1:15 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

On Wed, 1 May 1996, Kergma wrote:


Surely someone has a "do's and don't's of dots, hyphens and other
oddities" that could be put on the remailer? 



This is what I know about dots/elipses, dashes, and hyphens:

dots or elipses (...)

1.  To indicate that something has been left out.

	ex. used... to indicate...  ^_^

The correct form for elipses is ". . .", but...


dash (--)

1. To indicate a sudden break in thought:
 
	ex. "Hey, look, that bomb's gonna --"
 
2. "That is" or "namely" expressions:
 
	ex. "He's going to marry Akane tomorrow -- if he lives until then."
  
	ex. "There are a few other people in my Japanese class --  three, to be 
	    exact -- who are also studying Spanish."

	ex. "She wanted to reveal the identities of the secret mercenary
	    group -- the Knight Sabers -- for only one reason: revenge."


In case anyone gets confused:

hyphen (-)

1) Is used in some compound words:

	ex. Nodoka will become Akane's mother-in-law.				


2) In the days of typewriters, before wordprocessors and wordwrapping, 
   hyphens were also used to divide a word at the end of a line:  

	ex. The greatest fan-
	    fic author is... right.

	    The greatest f-
	    anfic author is... wrong.

    The hyphen can only be placed between syllables.



I hope this helps.

Salomon Farin                                              sfarin@netcom.com