MSGID: 1:153/716.0 d23a47d1   
   REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5d11c382   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Anton Shepelev:   
      
    AK>  [...] according to punctuation rules, the gaping comma   
    AK>  should be used:   
      
    AK>  "Reading maketh a full man; conference, a ready man;   
    AK>  and writing, an exact man."   
      
      
             Hmm... nice theory, except that the sentence continues after "exact   
   man" and Bacon uses a number of commas there (https://www.enotes.com).   
      
             I understand where you're coming from because I encountered similar   
   problems in my adventures with Latin & French.  The textbook explains what we   
   should do... and the concept seems logical until we get to question #4, which   
   introduces an added wrinkle the authors didn't tell us about.  :-))   
      
      
      
    AK>  So, your sentence should be like this:   
      
    AK>  "Kipling's cat is male whereas its Russian counterpart,   
    AK>  female."   
      
      
             In a short sentence like this I'd say:   
      
      
              Kipling's cat is male; its Russian counterpart, female.   
      
                                   or   
      
              Kipling's cat is male, whereas its Russian counterpart is female.   
      
      
      
    AK>  BTW, what did he mean speaking "conference maketh a   
    AK>  ready man"?   
      
      
             When all of us share our ideas in E_T the whole is greater than the   
   sum of its parts.  I learn as much from others as they do from me & I realize   
   ... before you need to ask... why I may suggest you add a comma here or there   
   even though it appears on the surface that I'm not taking my own advice.  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 2 16/0 101 19/36 34/999 90/1 104/57 106/201   
   SEEN-BY: 116/18 120/544 123/130 131 140 138/146 153/250 757 7715 203/0   
   SEEN-BY: 218/700 221/0 222/2 226/17 227/114 229/354 426 1014 230/150   
   SEEN-BY: 230/152 240/1120 2100 5138 5832 5853 249/206 317 250/1 261/38   
   SEEN-BY: 261/100 266/512 267/155 275/100 282/1031 1056 291/1 111 317/3   
   SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 322/0 757 340/400 342/13 200 396/45 712/848 801/161   
   SEEN-BY: 801/189 2320/105 2454/119 3634/12 5020/715 1042   
   PATH: 153/7715 261/38 320/219 240/5832 229/426