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From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 12:11 Sn!pe <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > I wonder whether Hans is reading this thread; I reckon he and Tony > could have a very edificating discussion for the benefit of us all. You should have been around a while back when Mark Conrad jumped to Tony's defense. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 12:23 Jon <see_signature(a)mac.com.invalid> wrote: > Why the double spaces after a period, Michelle? Just curious > as I was taught that those became obsolete with the advent of word > processingg and the corresponding demise of the typewriter? I was taught the same, and for me the continued use of the double space is simply habit. I just do it. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Dave Balderstone on 22 Oct 2006 12:26 In article <1hnlz3y.1x3enonshdtxwN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote: > Sn!pe <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > > > I wonder whether Hans is reading this thread; I reckon he and Tony > > could have a very edificating discussion for the benefit of us all. > > You should have been around a while back when Mark Conrad jumped to > Tony's defense. I wonder if it would be possible to write a 'bot to converse with the three of them... I suspect the effort would fail due to a desire to make the program far too complex.
From: Kurt Ullman on 22 Oct 2006 12:27 In article <michelle-1C9233.08123522102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <1hnlubd.wxh0ygmxoathN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > > Also, people here use slang like "luser" and "troll," which is not > > > proper English. > > > > Your use of single quotation marks is incorrect, as is putting the > > comma outside the quote. Someone else can correct you on the use of > > "like." > > Putting the comma outside the quote, and using single quotation marks > are both correct usage. Your 1972 grammar is out of date. > > I wonder, do you write I.B.M. and A.T.T. instead of IBM and ATT? I know I am going to be REAL sorry I entered this particular argument, both my AMA and AP Style books both say punctuation is usually omitted from abbreviations constituting compound words or phrases. Thus, ATT and IBM would be correct. The exception would for those that aren't usually capitalized. Thus, freight on board would be f.o.b.
From: Dave Balderstone on 22 Oct 2006 12:32
In article <michelle-B6C74D.09270822102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <1hnmfex.xsbj4p15oa32lN%see_signature(a)mac.com.invalid>, > see_signature(a)mac.com.invalid (Jon) wrote: > > > But since we are nit-picking about spelling and such and are far OT > > in any case: Why the double spaces after a period, Michelle? Just > > curious as I was taught that those became obsolete with the advent of > > word processingg and the corresponding demise of the typewriter? > > It is still preferable when using monospaced fonts. It makes for much > easier readability, which is the reason it had been the standard for > typewriters. And since this is a monospaced font medium (at least on my > system), I double space after periods and colons. I find even in a monospace environment that double spaces are jarring to my eyes. But I stopped using them in the late '70s when I was setting type on a Compugraphic IV phototypesetter. |