Message Forum: Re: Smiley-spaces and Parentheticals

Re: Smiley-spaces and Parentheticals

Posted By: Nyperold, on host 206.96.180.59
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001, at 14:48:39
In Reply To: Re: Femi-nazis and Parliment posted by julian on Thursday, October 11, 2001, at 04:23:24:

> > * When you have a smiley at the end of a parenthical, should you close the parenthises after it or not? Doing so looks clumsy to me, but not doing so makes it difficult to tell if the parenthical has actually ended? Does anyone have any advice? Does anyone else care?
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> I care, and I'd be surprised if no-one else did... I tend to put a space between the two parentheses, but that's not a very elegant solution. But without the matching perenthesis, some things simply get confusing.
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> julian

I tend to do like you(julian) in this instance, and I agree about it not being an elegant solution. Perhaps if the RinkChat smilies were added in here... :)

Nyperold

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Message:	> > > * When you have a smiley at the end of a parenthical, should you close the parenthises after it or not? Doing so looks clumsy to me, but not doing so makes it difficult to tell if the parenthical has actually ended? Does anyone have any advice? Does anyone else care? > > > > > > I care, and I'd be surprised if no-one else did... I tend to put a space between the two parentheses, but that's not a very elegant solution. But without the matching perenthesis, some things simply get confusing. > > > > julian > > I tend to do like you(julian) in this instance, and I agree about it not being an elegant solution. Perhaps if the RinkChat smilies were added in here... :) > > Nyperold
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