On 9/7/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/8/07, K P kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
Use of parenthetical remarks in the intro paragraph is leading to these streams of other language words so long you can't find the introductory sentence--although they look less paranthetical when they're 27 words longer than the containing sentence.
I guess I find this elegant:
John Smith (1864-1899) was a....
but you're right, this becomes heavy: John Smith (born 1864 London, died 1899 Tunbridge Wells, England) was a...
Birth and death dates are fundamental to any biography. Birth and death locations can wait till later in the article.
Steve
I could compromise on years alone, but it's a give em 8 digits and a dash, and they'll take a dozen locations and alternative spellings situation.
KP