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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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more sense

Is this sentence correct?

I'm not sure if this letter is an I or an L. It makes more sense to be an L than an I

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It's best to distinguish single glyphs in some. Follow the manual of style you've chosen or had thrust upon you. Two common ways are italics and enclosure in quotes.

— Deadrat

  • It's best to distinguish single glyphs in some.
  • Follow the manual of style you've chosen or had thrust upon you.
  • Two common ways are italics and enclosure in quotes.
  • The reason is to distinguish between a single letter qua a letter and a single letter as a word.
  • There are only two common single-letter words in English, I , the first person pronoun and a , the indeterminate article.
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It's best to distinguish single glyphs in some. Follow the manual of style you've chosen or had thrust upon you. Two common ways are italics and enclosure in quotes.

The reason is to distinguish between a single letter qua a letter and a single letter as a word. There are only two common single-letter words in English, I, the first person pronoun and a, the indeterminate
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AnonymousIs this sentence correct?
Yes, if you change it a little.

I'm not sure if this letter is an I or an L. It makes more sense as an L than as an I.

CJ
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