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echo: home_office
to: GARY SONNENBERG
from: MIKE FELLHAUER
date: 1997-01-25 16:33:00
subject: @ sign

BFH> I just had a mass confusion situation with this @ that caused
BFH> some real problems. I read it as "at" in computer lingo, but
BFH> as "each" in commercial use.
GS> I know @ is shorter, but if you think there's a chance of more
GS> confusion in the future, avoid it altogether. Use "ea." or "at"
GS> instead. They're not that much longer and can't be mistaken.
But like I said in my reply to Bob, @ sign is used constantly in
retail for "AT"...it can't be avoided.
--- Maximus 2.02
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