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Re: doubt about backup -
06-24-2010
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"Erick T. Barkhuis" <erick.use-net (AT) ardane (DOT) c.o.m> wrote in message news:88gmu1FtacU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... The dot is most likely not a decimal point. It's a thousands separator, for which some still use a silly comma. (But I'm pretty sure you were aware of this) I wasn't aware or I wouldn't have posted - but in retrospect you are right, it seems logical that it is being used as a thousands separator here (and I should have guessed it). I disagree about the comma being silly ... |
The 'silly' part was just tongue-in-cheek, Brian. There's no right or
wrong way of seperating the parts, as languages and customs/rules are
simply different.
I wrote "silly comma" with a Big Grin, but there was no way of telling,
since I intentionally omitted a smiley.
We have both Europeans and Americans in this group, and sometimes (not
often) we encounter typical differences, which - if one is in one of
those moods - may lead to a bit of irony towards the 'other denizens'.
Just smile, then ignore....or top the remark.
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Erick
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Brian Cryer: "Erick T. Barkhuis" <erick.use-net (AT) ardane (DOT) c.o.m> wrote in message news:88gmu1FtacU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... The dot is most likely not a decimal point. It's a thousands separator, for which some still use a silly comma. (But I'm pretty sure you were aware of this) I wasn't aware or I wouldn't have posted - but in retrospect you are right, it seems logical that it is being used as a thousands separator here (and I should have guessed it). I disagree about the comma being silly ... :-)) The 'silly' part was just tongue-in-cheek, Brian. There's no right or wrong way of seperating the parts, as languages and customs/rules are simply different. I wrote "silly comma" with a Big Grin, but there was no way of telling, since I intentionally omitted a smiley. We have both Europeans and Americans in this group, and sometimes (not often) we encounter typical differences, which - if one is in one of those moods - may lead to a bit of irony towards the 'other denizens'. Just smile, then ignore....or top the remark. |
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