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   Ken Blake to All   
   Re: NNTP - how to check for removed news   
   27 Jul 24 12:16:33   
   
   XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: Ken@invalid.news.com   
      
   On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 17:41:33 +0200, "R.Wieser"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Sticks,   
   >   
   >> I am wondering why your ? always has that space between the last letter    
   >> and it's placement?  Even the subject of this thread has it?   
   >   
   >Simple answer ? Because I think it aids in easy recognision of the word just    
   >before it.   
   >   
   >But a reverse question : why do you guys always seem to preceede the word    
   >"too" with a comma ?   Like "lets do that, too".  Whats the rub with that ?    
   >I do not see any reason for, or function of it.   
      
      
      
   I would not normally talk about commas, especially in this newsgroup,   
   but since you did, you should have put a comma after "or function of."   
      
   And "lets" should be "let's" and "whats" should be "what's."   
      
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