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Alternative categories are usually listed on separate
lines; in a few cases, a long set of narrow alternatives is presented on one
line, marked by the phrase ``one of.'' An optional terminal or nonterminal
symbol carries the subscript `` opt ,'' so that, for example, { expression opt } means an optional expression, enclosed in braces.