/ as comma

From: Stefan Persson (alsjebegrijptwatikbedoel@yahoo.se)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 12:55:00 EST

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> First, the ` is not a quote mark: it is a grave accent/ Second, it
> also doesn/t say that you can/t use a slash/ say/ instead of a comma/
> apostrophe/ or period/ But that doesn/t mean it/s a good idea/

Using slash as comma is not as bad an idea as you think; in fact it *was*
used as comma in some old Swedish (Fraktur) litterature.

Stefan

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