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Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search)

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From	Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>
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Subject	Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search)
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Lew wrote:

> Tom Anderson wrote:
>> Lew wrote:
>> 
>>> Leif Roar Moldskred wrote:
>>>> Lew wrote:
>>>>> But not "K" or "T".
>>>> 
>>>> That's a matter of style: some style guides recommend the use of an
>>>> apostrophe to mark plurals of individual letters, some do not. See "Eat,
>>>> Shoots & Leaves -- The zero tolerance approach to punctuation" by Lynne
>>>> Truss for a funny but in-depth discussion of the uses of apostrophes.
>>> 
>>> Yes, it is a matter of style. Duh. That's why I cited a *style*
>>> guide. There's a direct correlation there.
>>> 
>>> Yes, styles vary.
>
>> In which case the use of 'sic' is dubious. You are not marking something 
>> that
>> is wrong, you are marking something that you wouldn't write that way 
>> yourself.
>> If you start doing that consistently, i think you will soon find that your
>> square bracket keys have worn out.
>> 
>> To be honest, the use of sic in quoted text in a mail or news post at all 
>> is
>> dubious. sic is used to indicate that there has been no error in
>> transcription; when it is a machine doing the transcription, it is 
>> redundant.
>
> Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah ... [hic]

tom

-- 
Plus, you gotta understand I can now type far, far faster than I can
think. This is not boasting - its admitting a personal tragedy. -- D

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                OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm@myrealbox.com> - 2011-04-11 13:53 +0000
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-11 11:45 -0700
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2011-04-11 14:11 -0500
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-11 13:48 -0700
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-04-11 22:16 +0100
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-11 17:54 -0400
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