Re: NNTP - how to check for removed newsgroups ?

On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 22:25:50 +0200, "R.Wieser" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Ken,
>
>>>I do not see any reason for, or function of it.
>...
>> I would not normally talk about commas, especially in this newsgroup,
>> but since you did, you should have put a comma after "or function of."
>
>The parts are ment to be of equal weight.  And in that case, as far as I 
>know, a comma is not called for.

It is called for.  "Or function of" is a parenthetical expression and
parenthetical expressions need to be set off by a *pair* of
parentheses, commas, or dashes.

 See, for example,
https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/parenthetical-expressions-types-usage

or https://grammarist.com/grammar/parenthetical-phrases/


>
>> And "lets" should be "let's" and "whats" should be "what's."
>
>Well, you got me there.  I never can remember when those quotes are supposed 
>to be used, and even less when they should appear on the end of a word.
>
>Regards,
>Rudy Wieser
>