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From: Mark
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:00

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Mark Dawes wrote in message <7enoof$4nj$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>>>> I have two recommendations for you if you wish to get nice responses
>>>> from Usenet groups: Capitalize your I's for ease of understanding and
>>>> don't begin a message asking for help, or anything else for that
>>>> matter, with "Hey" - it's not polite.
>
>If your font is Arial I (capital i) and l (lower case L) are
>indistinguishable.  Using "i" does avoid that problem (but changing default
>font would be better).
>
>Any thoughts on using L for litres where 50l (for "50 litres") can be
>misinterpreted?


How someone could misinterpret the "I" in "I need help with surds" or "I'm
15" to mean "litres" is beyond me. Nevertheless, using a lowercase "i" would
certainly help avoiding such confusions.

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From: "Mark" <mark@zoo.net.au>
Subject: Re: Need Urgent Help
Date: 1999/04/13
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