Subject: Re: Style on "@" From: loundy@earthlink.net (Mark Loundy) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:05:40 -0800

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Jonathan Oatis [snip]:
> At the risk of asking an old question, I'm wondering what your newspapers'
> style is on the "@" sign. At Reuters, some of us use "(at)" with an
> editor's note so papers that can't print it or have terminals that can't
> handle the symbol can work with the copy. In another case, at least one of
> us just types "at" without an explanatory note. Or should we just use "@"?

Jonathan,

I've never heard of this being an issue. I've got an old Remington
Noiseless typewriter sitting next to me and the @ symbol is right there on
the keyboard. It is by no means a non-standard character.

Mark Loundy
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