Re: THEORY ago

Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:


> I use semantic rather than syntactic markup. :)  That is, I use *...*
> for emphasis, but _..._ for non-emphatic cases that might be
> italicized if typeset, such as titles (where an underline would be an
> appropriate typewritten substitute).
>
> However, I try to avoid using *...* on this list in particular,
> because the linguistic convention of using a single prefixed * to
> denote an unattested form is quite common here, so there's the
> potential for confusion.
Some Usenetizens use a single leading asterisk for emphasis. I find it intensely
annoying, but there's little to be done about it short of starting to stalk and
kill people.

                                                      Andreas

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