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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Sentence Structure
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:03:19 -0500
References: <18.905a724.27c2bca3@gateway.net>


wrote:
>
> The narrative sentences are really bugging me because they all
> seem to read the same in a report -- "He was born on . . . He married . . .
> He was in the census of . . . That kind of repetitive sentence structure
> (even with the addition of unique memos) really leaves me cold. I'd like
> some variety in the sentence structure. I'm not at a stage yet in TMG to know
> other ways to change it that might be easier. >

The narrative reports are set up according to conventions established by
the NEHGR, NGS etc. And the sentences have fit all kinds of tags and
combinations of tags. If you want a more flowing report, then export to
your word processor and edit there. Or you can edit the sentence for
each person in your data base.

bob gillis

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