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Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml
On 17/04/2008, pepper@apache.org <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> + situation, <em>e.g.,</em> adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag if
Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
correct or useful.
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Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml
Posted by Andrew Ford <A....@ford-mason.co.uk>.
Chris Pepper wrote:
> Joshua Slive wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
>>> Chris Pepper <pe...@reppep.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Vincent Bray wrote:
>>> > > On 17/04/2008, pepper@apache.org <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> > >> + situation, <em>e.g.,</em> adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag
>>> > >> if
>>> > >
>>> > > Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
>>> > > correct or useful.
>>> >
>>> > Because it's normally italicized in English.
>>>
>>> Really? Not IME.
>>
>> Garner's Dictionary of Modern American Usage suggests it should be
>> unitalicized.
>
> I have seen it consistently italicized in print, presumably
> because it's a non-English import, and I typically see untranslated
> words italicized. I don't use <i> because back in the Before Time,
> there was much ranting and gnashing of teeth over presentational
> markup, and I got in the habit of <strong> & <em> instead of <b> & <i>.
>
> http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx
>
> I hope to do some more review on that doc (all 3 versions)
> tonight, and will back out the <em>s soon.
>
Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (OUP) states "use roman
(without quotation marks) for: ... all the commonest short abbrevations:
... cf., ... e.g., .. i.e., ... "
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Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml
Posted by Chris Pepper <pe...@reppep.com>.
Joshua Slive wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
>> Chris Pepper <pe...@reppep.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Vincent Bray wrote:
>> > > On 17/04/2008, pepper@apache.org <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>> > >> + situation, <em>e.g.,</em> adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag
>> > >> if
>> > >
>> > > Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
>> > > correct or useful.
>> >
>> > Because it's normally italicized in English.
>>
>> Really? Not IME.
>
> Garner's Dictionary of Modern American Usage suggests it should be unitalicized.
I have seen it consistently italicized in print, presumably because
it's a non-English import, and I typically see untranslated words
italicized. I don't use <i> because back in the Before Time, there was
much ranting and gnashing of teeth over presentational markup, and I got
in the habit of <strong> & <em> instead of <b> & <i>.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx
I hope to do some more review on that doc (all 3 versions) tonight, and
will back out the <em>s soon.
Chris
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Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
> Chris Pepper <pe...@reppep.com> wrote:
>
> > Vincent Bray wrote:
> > > On 17/04/2008, pepper@apache.org <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >> + situation, <em>e.g.,</em> adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag
> > >> if
> > >
> > > Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
> > > correct or useful.
> >
> > Because it's normally italicized in English.
>
> Really? Not IME.
Garner's Dictionary of Modern American Usage suggests it should be unitalicized.
Joshua.
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Re: svn commit: r648946 -
/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml
Posted by Nick Kew <ni...@webthing.com>.
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
Chris Pepper <pe...@reppep.com> wrote:
> Vincent Bray wrote:
> > On 17/04/2008, pepper@apache.org <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> >> + situation, <em>e.g.,</em> adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag
> >> if
> >
> > Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
> > correct or useful.
>
> Because it's normally italicized in English.
Really? Not IME.
However, the correct markup to italicise it would be <i>.
Any resemblance to <em> is an artifact of your browser's rendition.
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Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml
Posted by Chris Pepper <pe...@reppep.com>.
Vincent Bray wrote:
> On 17/04/2008, pepper@apache.org <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>> + situation, <em>e.g.,</em> adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag if
>
> Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
> correct or useful.
Because it's normally italicized in English.
Chris
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