Re: Gender and grammar

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From: Kalen
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 00:00

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Natarajan Krishnaswami wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 1999 13:27:49 +0000, Ian Molton <ian.molton@dtn.ntl.com> wrote:
> > Actually, thats incorrect on usenet - /.../ is italic, _..._ is
> > underline, and *...* is bold.
> Underlining is used to indicate text to be set in italic, in a marked
> up manuscript, and wavy underlining to indicate text to be set a
> bold face.

In the context you're taling about (manuscripts, NOT newsgroups), if
underline = italic, then how do they indicate if text is to be set
in underline?

Anyway, Ian was referring to *usenet* (where we are all discussing
this) so he was correct.

--
Kalen

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