Re: [boost] [function types] New tag type logic

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-30 21:57:57

Jonathan Wakely <cow_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:46:47AM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> >      A tag encapsulates one or more aspects of the kind of type.
>> >
>> >      Tags which only encapsulate variations of a single aspect are called
>> >      *aspect tags* in the following text (see reference).
>> >
>> >                                                ^^^
>> >                                              links to:
>> 
>> Lovely!  "which" should be "that," though, at least by U.S. English
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> rules" Normally, "which" should only follow a comma in a fragment that
>> could be removed without altering the meaning of a sentence, as in "I
>> felt lousy, which might have been good since I didn't want to go
>> anyway."
>
> That seems wrong to me.  A style-guide which requires that is being a
> bit picky IMHO.

Tell that to my publisher.

> c.f. Chambers:
> http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?title=21st&query=which
> Your rule seems only to apply to the 3rd definition, which is not the
> sense in which Tobias is using "which".

British English has it's own, different, rules.

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Dave Abrahams
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