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RE: IP addresses/domain names at the end of a sentence
Subject:RE: IP addresses/domain names at the end of a sentence From:"Harry Bacheler" <hbacheler -at- geo -dot- census -dot- gov> To:"Jennifer Laiks" <jlaiks -at- prioritycall -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:56:20 -0500
Jennifer
On the WIRED magazine website they have begun a "Web Style Guide", of sorts.
I have been using the following to set off URLs, IP addresses based on their
guide
example << hbacheler -at- bigfoot -dot- com >>.
This definitely sets the information off and you can search for it, etc.
Harry M. Bacheler, Jr.
Consultant
VGS, Inc.
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> Subject: IP addresses/domain names at the end of a sentence
>... snip, snip ...
> Here is the question:
>
> I want to find out how people handle IP addresses and domain names at the
> end of a sentence. We put the domain name and IP address in a different
> font. But will the period at the end of the sentence confuse the reader?
> Will they think it's part of the information? For example:
> .. , the default domain is usually xyz.com.
> .. determine that its IP address is 132.147.0.190.
>
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