On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Daniel Wolf wrote: > Common practice or not (and I have found enough counter examples in my > library to call the "common practice" into question), it makes some > syntactic sense that the comma (or semi-comma) does not occur within a > word, and as the extension is a lengthening of the word, placing the comma > between the word and its extension is misleading. Moreover, having the > comma after the extension _could_ be useful to an interpreter, for example > as a suggestion for breathing. Thank you, Dennis, for your elegant > solution and examples.
I agree with Daniel on this, and I was a little surprised to see so many people say or imply this is unorthodox. I've seen plenty of old sources that put the comma after the word extension, and I prefer it. I also had a regular client who asked for it that way, and I had to tell her it couldn't be easily done. I think this is another case where limitations of the software have forced a standard, and it's been long enough now that people think it's weird to see it any other way. mdl _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
