(This is, strictly speaking, off topic as it's only about writing
style and unrelated to groff or even typesetting.)
On 8/16/21, Damian McGuckin wrote:
> The British writing style leans more to text readability
> and writing convenience by using relatively fewer punctuation marks.
Writing conven
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 03:33:55PM +1000, Damian McGuckin wrote:
> Subject: Re: [groff] 02/11: doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits.
>
> The AP, APA and CMS Style Guides, all of American origin, have
> a mandatory comma. While these Guides live behind paywalls, the
> Q+A web site of the
Hi, Werner!
At 2021-08-16T04:09:48+, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > * Use "e.g." and "i.e." correctly; that is, with a trailing
> > comma.
>
> Well, a lot of people from England would strongly disagree that this
> is 'correct', since those abbreviations are used there *without* a
> trail
On Mon, 16 Aug 2021, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
* Use "e.g." and "i.e." correctly; that is, with a trailing
comma.
Well, a lot of people from England would strongly disagree that this
is 'correct', since those abbreviations are used there *without* a
trailing comma... Of course, were the
> * Use "e.g." and "i.e." correctly; that is, with a trailing
> comma.
Well, a lot of people from England would strongly disagree that this
is 'correct', since those abbreviations are used there *without* a
trailing comma... Of course, were the groff manual following an
English writin
