From jcowan@reutershealth.com Sat Dec 07 08:47:18 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 7 Dec 2002 16:47:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 48385 invoked from network); 7 Dec 2002 16:47:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Dec 2002 16:47:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Dec 2002 16:47:17 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18Ki6n-0004rb-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 08:47:17 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18Ki6j-0004rI-00; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 08:47:13 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 07 Dec 2002 08:47:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.151] (helo=mail2.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18Ki6e-0004qX-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 08:47:08 -0800 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA01540; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:58:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200212071658.LAA01540@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:46:31 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: Aesthetics To: xod@thestonecutters.net Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:46:31 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20021207100045.A91480-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> from "Invent Yourself" at Dec 07, 2002 10:37:10 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 3221 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: John Cowan Reply-To: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan Invent Yourself scripsit: > Using the cmavo, even though the CLL does it, is like the arbitrary > English habit of spelling out numbers less than "fifteen", but using > digits for numbers over 16. At some point, for numbers large enough to be > unwieldy, even the most devoted cmavo-lover must break down and use > digits. But at what threshold? Depends. For technical prose (in English) I use digits for all numbers greater than 9, and even for smaller numbers if I am contrasting with 10 or greater, as in this sentence. But in non-technical prose I'll go up to ninety-nine, and in dialogue even arbitrarily large numbers are spelled out. -- My confusion is rapidly waxing John Cowan For XML Schema's too taxing: jcowan@reutershealth.com I'd use DTDs http://www.reutershealth.com If they had local trees -- http://www.ccil.org/~cowan I think I best switch to RELAX NG.