Hello Branden,
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 02:01:49PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2023-01-22T20:31:33+0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Without further ado, the following was found:
> >
> > Issue: all locales. → all locales:
> >
> > "The B<wctype>() function returns a property, given by its name. The set of "
> > "valid names depends on the B<LC_CTYPE> category of the current locale, but "
> > "the following names are valid in all locales."
>
> I disagree with this. The material that follows does not serve to end
> the sentence; it is a displayed list of items with no grammatical
> structure.
For me, this would have been the perfect use of a colon, but …
> The colon in English must be followed by an independent clause. (A list
> of comma-separated items, or a list of semicolon-separated items that
> contain commas is tolerated after a colon by some style guides.)
… I'm not a native speaker, so please disregard this if it is
incorrect.
Greetings
Helge
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