Mailing List Archive: Apache: Docs

Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml

Index | Next | Previous | View Threaded

noodlet at gmail

Apr 17, 2008, 3:58 AM

Post #1 of 6 (299 views)
Permalink

Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml

On 17/04/2008, pepper[at]apache.org <pepper[at]apache.org> wrote:
> + situation, e.g., adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag if

Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
correct or useful.

--
noodl

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscribe[at]httpd.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: docs-help[at]httpd.apache.org

pepper at reppep

Apr 17, 2008, 7:29 PM

Post #2 of 6 (275 views)
Permalink

Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml [In reply to]

Vincent Bray wrote:
> On 17/04/2008, pepper[at]apache.org <pepper[at]apache.org> wrote:
>> + situation, e.g., 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
--
Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>
<http://www.extrapepperoni.com/>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscribe[at]httpd.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: docs-help[at]httpd.apache.org

nick at webthing

Apr 18, 2008, 4:24 AM

Post #3 of 6 (267 views)
Permalink

Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml [In reply to]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
Chris Pepper <pepper[at]reppep.com> wrote:

> Vincent Bray wrote:
> > On 17/04/2008, pepper[at]apache.org <pepper[at]apache.org> wrote:
> >> + situation, e.g., 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 .
Any resemblance to is an artifact of your browser's rendition.

--
Nick Kew

Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book
http://www.apachetutor.org/

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscribe[at]httpd.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: docs-help[at]httpd.apache.org

joshua at slive

Apr 18, 2008, 6:09 AM

Post #4 of 6 (268 views)
Permalink

Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml [In reply to]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Nick Kew <nick[at]webthing.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
> Chris Pepper <pepper[at]reppep.com> wrote:
>
> > Vincent Bray wrote:
> > > On 17/04/2008, pepper[at]apache.org <pepper[at]apache.org> wrote:
> > >> + situation, e.g., 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.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscribe[at]httpd.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: docs-help[at]httpd.apache.org

pepper at reppep

Apr 18, 2008, 5:19 PM

Post #5 of 6 (259 views)
Permalink

Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml [In reply to]

Joshua Slive wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Nick Kew <nick[at]webthing.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
>> Chris Pepper <pepper[at]reppep.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Vincent Bray wrote:
>> > > On 17/04/2008, pepper[at]apache.org <pepper[at]apache.org> wrote:
>> > >> + situation, e.g., 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 because back in the Before Time, there was
much ranting and gnashing of teeth over presentational markup, and I got
in the habit of & instead of & .

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 s soon.

Chris
--
Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>
<http://www.extrapepperoni.com/>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscribe[at]httpd.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: docs-help[at]httpd.apache.org

A.Ford at ford-mason

Apr 20, 2008, 12:55 PM

Post #6 of 6 (245 views)
Permalink

Re: svn commit: r648946 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/rewrite/rewrite_guide_advanced.xml [In reply to]

Chris Pepper wrote:
> Joshua Slive wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Nick Kew <nick[at]webthing.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
>>> Chris Pepper <pepper[at]reppep.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Vincent Bray wrote:
>>> > > On 17/04/2008, pepper[at]apache.org <pepper[at]apache.org> wrote:
>>> > >> + situation, e.g., 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 because back in the Before Time,
> there was much ranting and gnashing of teeth over presentational
> markup, and I got in the habit of & instead of & .
>
> 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 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., ... "

--
Andrew Ford
South Wing Compton House, Compton Green,
Redmarley, Gloucestershire, GL19 3JB, UK
Tel: +44 1531 829900
Mobile: +44 7785 258278
Email: A.Ford[at]ford-mason.co.uk

Attachments:

A_Ford.vcf (0.28 KB)

Index | Next | Previous | View Threaded

Interested in having your list archived? Contact lists@gossamer-threads.com