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Words and numbers surrounded by punctuation extracted from Robert Winstons book Bad Ideas?

The following hypothetical example:

a, b-c (d-e) f, g, h. i-j.

Would be interpreted:

a b-c a b-c d-e b-c d-e b-c d-e f d-e f f g g h h i-j

By the following logic:

1. a b-c (around the first comma)

2. a b-c d-e (around the hyphen, which connects b and c)

3. b-c d-e (around the first bracket)

4. b-c d-e f(around the hyphen, which connects d and e)

5. d-e f(around the second bracket)

6. f g (around the second comma)7. g h (around the third comma)

8. h i-j (around the period)


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