Slash
English translation: slash
| 11:42 Jan 29, 2023 |
| English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / use of punctuation (slash) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Jennifer Levey Chile Local time: 22:05 | ||||||
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| 3 | For discussion or conclusion ... |
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| slash For discussion or conclusion ... Explanation: :) Or "for discussion / conclusion"; so, You may use or not -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 mins (2023-01-29 12:12:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.grammarly.com/blog/slash/#:~:text=To separate li... |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| slash slash Explanation: Asker first asks: For Discussion/Conclusion, I saw Discussion / Conclusion. IOW, should there be spaces before and after the slash? The spaces are superfluous and can be omitted without any loss of meaning, or risk of creating confusion. I usually omit the spaces, so as to keep the words together if they cross a line-break (if you decide to keep the spaces, you could use two non-breaking spaces - but that's extra finger-work when typing...) That's different to the use of an em-dash in similar situations, where spaces are needed to avoid confusion with a hyphen. Example: "John - Paul's brother-in-law - was sick." In that example, all the spaces are necessary (the sick person was Paul, not John-Paul) it would be helpful to use non-breaking spaces after 'John' and before 'was'. Asker's second question: is it better not to use slash? In the sample text provided, the slash is in a heading, where it helps to have fewer words. If the same words appeared in the text under that heading, it would be better to use 'or' instead of a slash. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2023-01-29 13:20:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Correction: ... not John-Paul) and it would ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2023-01-29 13:30:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- NB: A slash in a heading can also mean "and/or", if it's a generic heading to a block of text that can contain discussion, conclusions - or both. |
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| Reference: Google Reference information: How to Use Slashes in Writing Grammarly Grammarly Updated on January 14, 2021 GRAMMAR There are two types of slashes: a backslash () and a forward slash (/). The backslash is used only for computer coding. The forward slash, often simply referred to as a slash, is a punctuation mark used in English. The only time it is appropriate to use a comma after a slash is when demonstrating breaks between lines of poetry, songs, or plays. What does / mean between words? ... To indicate or Often, when a slash is used in a formal or informal text, it is meant to indicate the word or. The examples below illustrate this meaning of the forward slash: When leaving the classroom, the teacher noticed that a student had left his/her backpack. College freshmen should bring a mattress and/or cot to sleep on during orientation. If/when Mary ever shows up, we can all head out to the party together. Burgers or pizza for dinner? Yeah, either/or is fine with me. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/slash/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAz9ieBhCI... |
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