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minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up30·7 days agoMonday or Friday? Who interprets a slash as “through”? Does M/W/F mean Monday through Wednesday through Friday then?
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoI agree, to me it reads “monday and/or friday”
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoIt all depends on what the person modifying the sign had available. Having been that person, you work with what you got…
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·7 days agoMeh. Context tells you when a “.” means ‘end of sentence’ and ‘decimal point.’
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up25·7 days agoContext holds that you use a dash to mean “through” and a slash to mean “or” here.
Monday or Friday?
Who interprets a slash as “through”? Does M/W/F mean Monday through Wednesday through Friday then?
I agree, to me it reads “monday and/or friday”
It all depends on what the person modifying the sign had available. Having been that person, you work with what you got…
Meh.
Context tells you when a “.” means ‘end of sentence’ and ‘decimal point.’
Context holds that you use a dash to mean “through” and a slash to mean “or” here.