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- From: dman@netcom.com (Dallman Ross)
- Subject: Re: Help: how to keep spaces in args
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 21:27:46 GMT
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- stuart@wstuart (Stuart Hood) writes:
- : Basically I want the following program to output "Hi there",
- : rather than just "Hi"
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- Email to you bounced:
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- I can't help with the script; but I can help with the English grammar.
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- Please, please, if you're going to have a script to greet people (even
- only yourself), put a comma after the "Hi."
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- That is, the correct punctuation is "Hi, there."
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- <It's also "Hi, Stuart" -- even though 80% leave out the comma.>
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- Not a flame. Just a mission. :-)
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