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  2. Technical Notes
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  4. The following word pattern shows how Jabberwocky strings words together to form sentences and paragraphs. Items enclosed in brackets are optional and may or may not appear. An ‚Äò*‚Äô indicates repetition a random number of times (which may be zero). A ‚Äò|‚Äô indicates an either/or option.
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  7. <paragraph> ::= <TAB><sentence>.[ <sentence>.]*<RETURN>
  8. <sentence> ::= <clause>[, <subsidiary_clause>]*
  9. <subsidiary_clause> ::= <conjunction><clause>
  10. <clause> ::= <noun_phrase><transitive_verbphrase><noun_phrase> |
  11.                   <noun_phrase><intransitive_verbphrase>
  12. <noun_phrase> ::= <article>[<adjective_phrase>]<noun_word> |
  13.                             <proper_noun>
  14. <noun_word> :: = <noun> | <plural_noun>
  15. <plural_noun> ::= <noun> followed by ‚Äòs‚Äô or ‚Äòes‚Äô as appropriate
  16. <adjective_phrase> ::= [<qualifier>]<adjective>
  17. <transitive_verbphrase> ::= [<adverb_phrase>]<transitive_verb>
  18. <intransitive_verbphrase> ::= <intransitive_verb>[adverb_phrase]
  19. <adverb_phrase> ::= [<qualifier>]<adverb>
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  22. Quark and QuarkXPress are trademarks of Quark, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. XTensions and the Quark logo are trademarks of Quark, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.