> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janifer Gatenby [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 8:12 AM
>
> The location of the truncation symbol defines the sort of truncation.
> Examples:
>
> Tasmania?  - right truncation
> Tasmania? tiger? - right truncation
> Tasmania? tiger - truncation 104
> Tasmanian tiger? - truncation 104

Sorry, but I don't get the point.  You could have said truncation 104 for
each of those examples and gotten the same results.  So why make a
distinction?

Ralph