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Subject:Punctuation names (catch that peeve) From:Sarah Bane <A37723F%MSUMUSIC -dot- BITNET -at- UGA -dot- CC -dot- UGA -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 22 Nov 1994 10:45:56 CST
Has anyone considered a compromise between "baby talk" and insistence on
using the correct terms no matter what? How about including in your
introduction an explanation with illustrations such as
--parentheses ()
--brackets []
and so forth? (This keyboard won't do braces for some reason.)
Just a suggestion.
Sarah L. Bane
Assistant Professor of English, Coordinator of Technical Writing,
reformed lurker, and native Oklahoman
Murray State University, Murray, KY
Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of
the flesh.--Ecclesiastes 12:12 NRSV
