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 09/19/2003 10:15:07 AM · #26
Originally posted by Koriyama:
When in doubt, check with a recognised style guide, like the Chicago Style Manual.

... which a few years ago (unaccountably) changed its name to the Chicago Manual of Style.
 09/19/2003 10:41:48 AM · #27
Originally posted by smellyfish1002:
Originally posted by joannadiva:
Originally posted by Kali:
It's DYING people not dieing!


for some of us it's the same thing

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edit : ok i misread it I saw dieting that's why this makes no sence so....

please ignore the man behind the curtain



As long as we are at it, it is since, not sence


Ought it not be sense?
 09/19/2003 11:11:24 AM · #28
Originally posted by Konador:
Ought it not be sense?


Wen dee hill r eew peepuls goins tu lern tu spill???
 09/19/2003 11:13:59 AM · #29
[quote]Ought it not be sense?[/quote]

Unlike other auxiliary verbs, ought usually takes to with its accompanying verb: We ought to go. Sometimes the accompanying verb is dropped if the meaning is clear: Should we begin soon? Yes, we ought to. In questions and negative sentences, especially those with contractions, to is also sometimes omitted: Oughtn't we be going soon?
 09/19/2003 02:39:56 PM · #30
Never thought this thread would get so crazy.
I understand that typos are mistakes by your fingers but to title a pic with misspelled words shows a lack of cognizance and is just irritating. I wouldn’t buy any form of art if its title were misspelled. Would you?
Titles don't have to be in English.
09/19/2003 03:42:03 PM · #31
Originally posted by Kali:
I understand that typos are mistakes by your fingers but to title a pic with misspelled words shows a lack of cognizance and is just irritating. I wouldn’t buy any form of art if its title were misspelled. Would you?


Totally agree. Pictures in challenges with misspelled titles drive me crazy. The one recently with "Bibble" in the title amazed me.
 09/19/2003 05:03:51 PM · #32
Does it matter....? Just asking rhetorically, in light of the following email I got this week. (I have no idea whether the claims are legitimate - whether there really is a study - but it's a trip to read at any rate.)


Wahcth yuor sepllnig!
---------------------------

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.


Message edited by author 2003-09-19 17:04:36.
 09/19/2003 05:09:34 PM · #33
Problem is if you don't notice it until the challenge starts (like you are submitting at the last minute), you are not allowed to go back and correct the spelling of the title. Sometimes it's hard to spot the mistake until it's up there in the big, bold font.

I don't worry about about the spelling of the title unless it changes or completely obscures the meaning. And I wonder, are the people bothered by misspelled titles the same ones who think the titles shouldn't be descriptive; that photos should "stand on their own."

I'd still like to re-format the photo display page to put the title below the photo -- then folks can vote unemcumbered by descriptive text if they so choose.
 09/19/2003 05:12:12 PM · #34
Originally posted by ScottK:
Does it matter?


Great point! We also recognize words by the general silhouette the letters make. That's why WRITING IN ALL CAPS IS ACTUALLY HARDER TO READ EVEN THOUGH THE INTENT IS TO ENHANCE ITS PROMINENCE.

We also quickly unscramble the jumbled letters (making order out of disorder), and the subsequent words are more quickly deciphered by using the context offered by the preceeding words.

Message edited by author 2003-09-19 17:14:38.
 09/19/2003 05:13:40 PM · #35
Originally posted by ScottK:
Wahcth yuor sepllnig!
---------------------------

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Oh my god. It's frightening how easy that is to raed :-/
 09/19/2003 05:52:08 PM · #36
Originally posted by bod:
Originally posted by ScottK:
Wahcth yuor sepllnig!
---------------------------

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Oh my god. It's frightening how easy that is to raed :-/


raed? hahaha

It is if you do not have any kind of learning disability in reading. Give this same paragraph to a child with difficulties, and it will take them all day long -- provided they don't get mad and throw things at you first.
 09/19/2003 05:52:51 PM · #37
Originally posted by ScottK:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Anstoinishg!
 09/19/2003 06:07:36 PM · #38
Originally posted by karmat:
It is if you do not have any kind of learning disability in reading. Give this same paragraph to a child with difficulties, and it will take them all day long -- provided they don't get mad and throw things at you first.

In that case, they should throw the book at you.
 09/19/2003 06:34:56 PM · #39
Originally posted by medic391:
while we are on this rant, it's regardless. there is no irregardless.


There is now, huh?

Ed
 09/19/2003 07:28:58 PM · #40
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I wonder, are the people bothered by misspelled titles the same ones who think the titles shouldn't be descriptive; that photos should "stand on their own."

I'd still like to re-format the photo display page to put the title below the photo -- then folks can vote unemcumbered by descriptive text if they so choose.

Most definitely and a good idea.
 09/19/2003 08:35:41 PM · #41
Originally posted by e301:
Originally posted by medic391:
while we are on this rant, it's regardless. there is no irregardless.


There is now, huh?

Ed


Huh, ya learn somethin' new every day. We Americans do love to inovate and push the envelope...

From Dictionary.com:

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Message edited by author 2003-09-19 20:36:23.
 09/19/2003 09:36:04 PM · #42
Yo peeps.. I be speakin American not english
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