Re: CHAT: Dashes
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 11, 2001, 9:40 |
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En réponse à Robert Hailman <robert@...>:
>
> Also, semicolons are used in convoluted lists: "I gave a copy of my
> book
> to John, the barber; Fred, the doctor; and that hobo who lives under
> the
> bridge." means I gave the book to 3 people, but "... to John, the
> barber, Fred, the doctor, and that hobo who lives under the bridge."
> means I have the book to 5 people.
>
In French, we use commas and only commas for lists, but we usually repeat the
preposition in front of each item of the list, so we don't need a special mark
for convoluted lists.
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
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