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Subject:RE: Exact meaning of / (forward slash) From:salatas <salatas -at- micron -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 May 2000 08:46:51 -0600
Jan Stanley wrote:
I try to avoid slash constructions altogether in my own writing,
and when I'm editing I try to reconstruct without the slash and
query to make sure I've got the meaning right.
Response:
Exactly. Slashes are not only confusing, they're annoying. A slash implies
that two words have some sort of relationship, but the writer is letting the
readers figure out what that relationship is.
