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Subject:RE: And then ... From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:48:13 +0000
Conversationally, I tend to say ", then," but when writing I use the numbered list.
Gene Kim-Eng
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On 3/24/2010 4:19 PM Nina Rogers wrote:
My question has to do with the little word "then" in sentences where it
isn't used as part of an "if ... then" sequence.
For years, I used a comma before it: "Enter the data, then click OK."
(Obviously, an easy way to solve this would be:
1. Enter the data.
2. Click OK.
But I'm curious as to how others use punctuation here.)
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