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On Sun, 3 Apr 1994, Steve K. Grant wrote: > In trying to wade through 800+ messages today (I know...I'm a terrible > emailer!), it occurred to me that it might be helpful to all of us if we > started using a _question mark_ at the end of any header we post which is > _asking_ for information as opposed to _providing_ it. For example... > " "Granger's on CD-ROM?" ...would be an inquiry asking if, say, > anyone has it, knows anything about it, can recommend it, etc., while... > "Granger's on CD-ROM" ...would be an offering of information > about it. Great idea. But you need a "rule of indeterminants" because a percentage of people won't know the protocol or won't follow it. So I would recommend: "Granger's on CD-ROM." ...would be an offering of information "Granger's on CD-ROM" ...would be indeterminate (or ignorant)