From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I can RTFM, but can I understand it: re elog messages
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:15:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100902171500.6936a4a6@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201008201553.55220.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org>
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:53:55 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
Sorry for the delay in responding, been on holiday.
> > Defined usage:
> > () parentheses
> > [] brackets
> > {} braces
>
> "Defined"? Defined where?
The OED.
> In English*, a parenthesis is a separate expression** marked off from
> the rest of the sentence with brackets.
The OED defines parenthesis in the singular as "a word clause or sentence
inserted as an explanation or afterthought...", which agrees with you,
but the plural form of parentheses as "a pair of round brackets used for
this".
So your statement is correct, but not relevant to the text you
quoted :P ;-)
--
Neil Bothwick
We all know what comes after 'X', said Tom, wisely.
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-19 20:21 [gentoo-user] I can RTFM, but can I understand it: re elog messages Kevin O'Gorman
2010-08-19 22:01 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-08-19 23:38 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-08-20 7:20 ` Dale
2010-08-20 8:01 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-08-20 8:39 ` Dale
2010-08-20 8:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-08-20 9:01 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-08-20 9:23 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-08-20 14:53 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-09-02 16:15 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2010-08-20 9:06 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-08-20 13:20 ` Bill Longman
2010-08-20 14:58 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-08-20 15:12 ` Bill Longman
2010-08-20 15:40 ` Kevin O'Gorman
2010-08-20 17:07 ` [WAY OT] Parenthese, was " Mike Edenfield
2010-08-20 19:00 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-08-20 19:32 ` [gentoo-user] Re: [WAY OT] Parenthese Alex Schuster
2010-08-20 20:14 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-08-21 9:53 ` Peter Humphrey
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