[Framers] OT: Punctuation question

Lin Sims ljsims.ml at gmail.com
Mon Jan 7 12:31:52 PST 2019


How about this?

The <??> information is organized into five tabs. From left to right, they
are Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and Details.


On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:48 PM <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:

> You would think so, but in another part of the manual, there is a plot that
> distinctly shows a legend, and instead of only referring to the legend (as
> in see legend for plot details), I was required to literally explain the
> legend verbatim, as in Forward is highlighted in blue, Reverse is
> highlighted in red, non-directional is highlighted in black, etc.
>
> I am too old for this head-banging - I will pick my battles. . .
>
> Tammy Van Boening
> Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com
>
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> Subject: Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question
>
> I would just say:
> The information is displayed across five tabs: Overview, Category, Locus,
> Sequence, and Details.
>
> I would assume an English-language reader would assume left to right.
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:34 PM <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:
>
> > Consider the following three sentences:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.)    The information is displayed across five tabs, which, from left to
> > right, are the following: Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and
> Details.
> >
> > 2.)    The information is displayed across five tabs, which from left to
> > right, are the following: Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and
> Details.
> >
> > 3.)    The information is displayed across five tabs, which from left to
> > right are the following: Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and
> Details.
> >
> >
> >
> > Three different editors. Three different copy edits. I have my
> > 'druthers, but I thought I would reach out to all the writers on this
> > list and get a majority opinion. And yes, I am saying opinion, because
> > I know that there is an absolute right and wrong, but I need to be
> > neutral and non-judgmental when supplying my feedback and making the
> > correction. Three egos are involved. . . .
> >
> >
> >
> > TVB
> >
> >
> >
> > Tammy Van Boening
> >
> > Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
> >
> > www.spectrumwritingllc.com
> >
> >
> >
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