Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!.POSTED!ipv6.urchin.earth.li!twic From: Tom Anderson Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:35:10 +0100 Organization: Stack Usenet News Service Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <90gfdtFmkU2@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ipv6.urchin.earth.li Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: mud.stack.nl 1302561310 86464 2001:ba8:0:1b4::6 (11 Apr 2011 22:35:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@stack.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:35:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) In-Reply-To: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3040 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