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Subject:re Avoid the Semicolon in Tech Writing? From:"nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Sun, 17 Aug 2003 03:45:34 -0400
In the rule against semicolons, there may be an element of
mistrust regarding the writers' competence as much as regarding
the readers'.
But maybe the computer screen is a factor too. In a lot of
fonts, the on-screen semicolon does not show up very well.
You can tell something is there, but you can easily think
it's a comma.
Personally, I try to keep semicolons out of material that
is going onto the computer screen.
Mark L. Levinson
Herzliya, Israel
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il
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