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Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'.
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Keith Marshall |
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Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'. |
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Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:54:27 +0000 |
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On 20/11/17 11:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Branden,
>
>> Are you familiar with the U.K. practice[3] that says an abbreviation
>> doesn't get a period if the abbreviation ends with the final letter of
>> the abbreviated word?
>
> Nothing has been brought to a stop, unlike, say, Prof. Moriarty.
>
>> [3] en_GB: practise
Nope; "practise" in this context, in which it is used as a noun, is
very, very wrong. As Ralph says:
> We English use practice for the noun, and practise for the verb.
> Just like advice and advise.
> "Are you familiar with the U.K. advise that says...". Nope. :-)
Just in case it isn't completely clear: Ralph is saying here, that it
is wrong to use "advise" in this context; it should be "advice".
Another example, where North American usage differs from British (and
World, as the Oxford English Dictionary likes to call it) usage: we
Brits use "licence" for the noun and "license" for the verb. Do you
see an inconsistency in North American usage here?
- licence vs. license (UK) --> license (USA)
- practice vs. practise (UK) --> practice (USA)
--
Cheers,
Keith
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Steffen Nurpmeso, 2017/11/18
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., G. Branden Robinson, 2017/11/18
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/11/19
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., G. Branden Robinson, 2017/11/19
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/11/20
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Dale Snell, 2017/11/20
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/11/20
- Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., G. Branden Robinson, 2017/11/20
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Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., G. Branden Robinson, 2017/11/20
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Damian McGuckin, 2017/11/20
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Denis M. Wilson, 2017/11/21
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Ted Harding, 2017/11/21
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/11/21
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Tadziu Hoffmann, 2017/11/21
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., James K. Lowden, 2017/11/23
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., James K. Lowden, 2017/11/23
Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'., Ralph Corderoy, 2017/11/21