Timeline for Which punctuation mark should be used here?
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| Sep 20, 2015 at 22:51 | comment | added | Tragicomic | Thanks for looking into my feedback. I've removed my downvote. | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 15:55 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | @Tragicomic - Having written it out without the internal comma as you suggest, I don't think it works. I'll return later and add a note to my answer saying why. | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 15:49 | history | edited | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Edited to take account of valid comments.
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| Sep 20, 2015 at 15:37 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | I'll find out how to change to em dashes and alter them. | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 12:33 | comment | added | Tragicomic | I don't think "0 and 1 for each of the seven bits" needs internal punctuation, but the entire phrase can be enclosed in commas or em dashes or parentheses. | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 12:27 | comment | added | Tragicomic | Sorry, I downvoted. I disagree with option 1--I don't believe semicolons are normally used that way. In option 2, I think you should use em dashes rather than hyphens (or at least say they should be em dashes, if your keyboard doesn't allow for typing them out). While option 3 is technically correct, I believe using parentheses reduces the importance of the two numbers to a level lower than warranted. I think it should be "With those two values, 0 and 1 for the seven bits,..." or this same structure but with em dashes. Let me know what you think. | |
| Sep 20, 2015 at 11:40 | history | answered | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |