Re: CHAT: Dashes
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 11, 2001, 9:31 |
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En réponse à John Cowan <cowan@...>:
>
> Then look at this, from the KJV:
>
> Romans 013:007 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom
> tribute is
> due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom
> honour.
>
I know this English usage. In French we use commas for that (it's the prescribed
use), and we find it perfectly OK. Anyway, in French semi-colons are allowed
only between full clauses with their verb.
Christophe.
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