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From: wtho@cgchd2.cgch.uucp (Tom Hofmann)
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Subject: Phone-number notation (Was: Miscellaneous TeX questions)
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Date: 14 Feb 89 09:28:09 GMT
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From article <50398@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, by Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram):
> In article <50292@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, horne-scott@CS.Yale.EDU (Scott Horne) writes:
>> 3) I write telephone numbers in the following manner:  203 436-1756.
>> How should I do that in TeX?  `203~436--1756'?
> 
> Seems reasonable.

My suggestion is `203~436-1756' (use a hyphen, not a dash or minus sign).

Tom Hofmann	wtho@cgch.uucp