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Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issu
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080) |
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Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:39:05 -0400 |
Hi David (et al.),
>> should be a comma here, not a semicolon.
>
> Well, we have two separate complete sentences, and joined with a comma
> the reader is easily confused into reading "attempts" as a verb, even
> though admittedly it would be singular and thus not a complete match to
> "the simultaneous sections".
>
> To me this suggests using a semicolon (or reword everything, but then I
> am lazy) in order to save the reader from backtracking.
I would say comma if the "but" is included, semicolon if the "but" is excluded.
Just my 2ยข.
Kieren.
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- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), tdanielsmusic, 2012/06/02
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), dak, 2012/06/03
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), k-ohara5a5a, 2012/06/04
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), dak, 2012/06/04
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), graham, 2012/06/04
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), dak, 2012/06/04
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080),
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- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), dak, 2012/06/04
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), dak, 2012/06/04
- Re: Document <> and improve other simultanous music documentation. (issue 6248080), dak, 2012/06/05