Re: Gender and grammar

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From: Brian M. Scott
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 00:00

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Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> Ian Molton wrote:

[...]

> > Actually, thats incorrect on usenet - /.../ is italic, _..._ is
> > underline, and *...* is bold.

> Well, now, I've only been doing this for two and a half years, but I
> have NEVER seen /      / used for anything except (in linguistics) its
> usual meaning in linguistics, namely, a phonemic transcription.

I've seen it used for emphasis by one or two people, and I always
wondered why on earth they didn't use underscore or *...*; now I assume
that they had at some point encountered this obscure convention.

[...]

> Bold type doesn't have any specific significance outside particular
> contexts; I'd say *       * is used for emphasis in general. [...]

That's my impression.

Brian M. Scott

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Subject: Re: Gender and grammar
Date: 1999/11/06
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