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Subject:Re: Parentheses with other puctuation - Question From:"Williams, Diane (contractor)" <Williams_Diane -at- DOTE -dot- OSD -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:37:03 -0500
>>It's pretty clear that you omit a period at the end of a sentence that is
included within another sentence (Chicago, etc.). But what about when
there's multiple sentences included within another sentence? I can't
come up
with any solution that seems ok. Would you use periods to end all
sentences
except the last? Use periods anyway? Use semicolons? Heck, I don't
know.<<
Sounds like you need a major rewrite. You have a clutter of independent
clauses! Could you show us an example?
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