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Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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Re: [groff] 04/04: tmac: Move macro diagnostics away from `quotes'. |
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Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:59:41 -0500 |
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At 2017-11-20T11:35:13+0000, 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
>
> We English use practice for the noun, and practise for the verb.
> Just like advice and advise.
Curioser and curiouser! I have seen practise used in practise as a noun
many times. Here's a prestigious example:
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642391644
In this case I am taking prestige as proportional to price tag. ;-)
--
Regards,
Branden
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- 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'., Damian McGuckin, 2017/11/20
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