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Robin Fairbairns <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:19:41 +0000
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> Now clearly this is another border case and i think nearly nobody
> would bother to actually type \ordinal{7} in the middle of the text
> normally.

I do it all the time in my transcription work, where keeping the `look
and feel' of the original is important.  It's easier to type than
7\textsuperscript{th}, which is what the original looks like in (UK)
English.

I agree that it was probably over the top for LamsTeX, but who's
surprised?

Robin Fairbairns

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