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

From	Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search)
Date	2011-04-11 17:54 -0400
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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 ...

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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        Re: Binary Search Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-04-03 18:50 +0100
          Re: Binary Search "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-03 12:01 -0700
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              Re: Binary Search "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-03 16:37 -0700
                Re: Binary Search Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-06 15:24 -0400
                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
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-04-11 23:35 +0100
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2011-04-11 21:41 -0500
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                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Jerry Gerrone <scuzwalla@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 20:12 -0700
                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 22:53 +0100
      Re: Binary Search Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-05 16:01 +0100

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