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From: nol2105%dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil@dsac.dla.mil (Robert E. Zabloudil)
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Subject: Re: The Correct Way to Write Your Phone Number
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In article <telecom11.166.3@eecs.nwu.edu> gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org
(Gordon Burditt) writes:
X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 166, Message 3 of 12

> A quick glance at newspaper ads reveals that the convention is that
> even when area codes 800 and 214 both appear in the same ad, 800 is
> surrounded by dashes and 214 is surrounded by parenthesis.

That, of course, is the newspaper's own convention, which would vary
from paper to paper.  Many follow the New York Times stylebook, but
many do not.


Bob Zabloudil   rzabloudil@dsac.dla.mil     Opinions strictly my own, etc.