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Old 08-26-2001, 07:37 AM   #12
Yorick
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Join Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam)
Age: 53
Posts: 9,246
Quote:
Originally posted by Kaz:
I know the feeling - i did not edit, but translated a text from a colleague of my mother (luckily NOT for free). It was AWFUL: two colons in the same sentence? Seven commas in one sentence? In the end I did not only translate, but also edit the text (it was on behavioural biology or however you translate that)
So - my sympathies (for FREE - that must be hard)
Kaz, what on earth is the matter with one, two, three, or even four, five, six, or seven commas in a sentence?

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