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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:27:00 +0200, Ruud Harmsen
<realemailonsite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:977df2h54uvsaufgsebk03pt2mpnq5lmsa@xxxxxxx> in
sci.lang:
> 30 Aug 2006 16:05:53 -0700: "Peter T. Daniels"
> <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:
[...]
>>Tables are not "part of" the text.
> Some are, some are not. Also depends on what you the
> technical device 'table' for.
No, Peter is perfectly correct, because he isn't talking
about a technical device. He's using the word 'table' in
its normal sense in reference to the content of printed
books. In that context tables and figures are extra-textual
items.
[...]
> That's one possible use of 'tables'. I put them to wider use.
You'll continue to talk at cross purposes until you realize
that 'table' is not just a data-processing concept. A great
many of the uses to which HTML tables are put, for instance,
do not produce anything that Peter would call a table.
[...]
Brian
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