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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Sentence Help
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:15:56 -0800
In-Reply-To: <007f01c2a56a$fe791620$d7b9fea9@MYRNICE>


Myrnice - I don't understand what the problem is, then. However, with the
following sentence construct: [P]<[PAR]> was born <[D]> <in [L]>, this is
the result: MARY ELIZABETH PENNINGTON , daughter of SAULSBURY PENNINGTON
and ELIZA A. STEWART, was born in 1848 in Indiana. It doesn't matter how
you space or do not space the [P] variable in relationship to the [PAR]
variable, you still get a space *before* the comma which sets off the name
from the appositional phrase. This is very first sentence for this person
when an IN is generated. I guess I didn't understand the original problem,
but my particular problem is this persistent and unwanted space before the
parental phrase. If you know of some magic way to make it disappear, I am
all ears.

I am unsubbing in a few hours since I am leaving for the holidays tomorrow
and internet access in the Central American jungle is almost nonexistent.
Hopefully I will get a reply from either you or someone else prior to that
time. Or you can post to me privately and I will retrieve the message when
I return home.

Thanks for your assistance. Happy holidays to everyone on the list. Do you
think Santa will leave us a complete TMG 5.0x under our tree? <vbg> It may
be like that pony I kept asking for when I was a kid.

CheriC



-----Original Message-----
From: myrnice [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 5:24 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [TMG] Sentence Help


CheriC

I believe that is what I said.

"> There is only one comma/space inserted. It is inserted just before the
[PAR]
> or [PARO] variable.
> There is also a space inserted after the name in the first tag if you use
> the [P] variable, or some other variation of the [P] variable.

As for the use of [P1] instead of [P] you will get an output like this:

"William Myrnice Roberts. He, son of yada and yada, etc."

Notice there is no space between "He" and the comma but you do get the
name/pronoun or name twice.

Myrnice


"Cheri Casper" wrote on Monday, December 16, 2002 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Sentence Help


> Myrnice - There is an extra space after the name and BEFORE the comma:
> Myrnice Roberts , son of yada and yada, etc. It is the space AFTER the
name
> and BEFORE the comma setting off the appositional phrase that is the
> problem. Someone suggested using [P1] instead of the [P] but then that
> generates something else (can't remember) what it is. Seems we are in a
> "do-loop" here that won't resolve this problem without a fix by WG.
>
> CheriC
snip.....


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