[Heathkit] punctuation

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Actually, three periods (and only three!) is a valid punctuation mark.  It notes something 'left out.'  Normally that is something the editor deemed not necessary to the point.  But it must be used correctly.  At the point where the 'left out' phrase would appear, there is a space between the last letter of the statement and the first of the three periods.  This is another space at the end of the three periods, in fact, two spaces normally, though with word processing that has been reduced by many programs to one.  The software mentioned here should allow for that.  

I know of no valid punctuation mark consisting of three commas - that's more like hams sending BT repeatedly while they think of something to say.  It is idle fingers, and nothing more.  Well, maybe idle mind, too.  

Also there is no valid punctuation consisting of two exclamation marks, but it is in common use when someone wants to REALLY exclaim.  Problem is, it is used so much it means nothing unusual, and now we have to go to five or six exclamation marks to get an exciting point across!  Like "Giant Economy Size!"  There's no such thing as a "Little Economy Size."  

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Ed Brooks, W5HTW
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