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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:Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:55:21 -0400
> On the Windows desktop, click the Internet Explorer
> icon; the Internet Explorer screen appears.
Unlike your old instructor, I wouldn't recommend a
semicolon there. I think it is a fine place for a
full stop, to indicate that the first action finishes
and many leisurely nanoseconds go by before the second
action begins.
On the other hand, maybe that's why I'm not a
technical-writing instructor...
Mark L. Levinson
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il
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