Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:23:52 -0700, Chambers wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Language is a funny thing.  I heard the construct "is was" the other
>>> day.  The context was "the question is was this the question?" (not
>>> exactly, but in that structure).  Funny to listen to....
>> This is unstructured grammar.  You need to implement the structured /
>> modular paradigm in order to improve legibility, efficacy, and general
>> communicative success :)
>>
>> In other words, "The question is, 'was this a question?'"
> 
> Well, yeah, but unless your name is Victor Borge, punctuation isn't 
> something you hear (per se).
> 
> Jim

You mean it's not something you say, per se!

I'm pretty sure anyone can *hear* phonetic punctuation :)

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...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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