[projectaon] Re: Editor's Companion Submission
- From: "Timothy Pederick" <peregrine_84@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:25:43 -0500
>(er) 16tlov 343: your sixth sense -> your Sixth Sense [KS: Yes, no, maybe.
>. . I don't know.]
>(er) 16tlov 338: your sixth sense warns -> your Sixth Sense warns [KS: Yes,
>no, maybe?]
I'd say yes on this one, myself.
>(er) 16tlov 342: insignia identify him -> insignia identifies him
Disagree. Insignia in English is both the singular and plural. ("Insignias"
as the plural is also accepted; the Latin-correct singular "insigne" is just
for pedants like me.)
>(er) 16tlov 341: towards the north-east. -> towards the northeast. [KS:
>Just suggesting. . .]
>(er) 16tlov 341: a north-easterly route -> a northeasterly route [KS:
>Again, not sure on this one.]
The first looks okay either way, but the second I think definitely looks
better hyphenated. So I'd go for hyphenating both, to be consistent.
>(er) 16tlov 339: first-floor ruins -> first floor ruins
Not according to the PAMoS.
>(er) 16tlov 319: rank of Kai Grand Mastership, -> rank of Kai mastery,
>[KS: I can't think of anywhere else that a choice was phrased that way,
>does this seem odd to anyone else? Everything else I saw was Kai mastery.]
Perhaps "Kai Grand Mastery"?
>(er) 16tlov 319: without trace. -> without a trace. [KS: Never heard it
>that way before. Could be me. . .]
I have, I think, but either way sounds okay to me (yours is the more
common).
>(er) 16tlov 315: the king's death -> the King's death [KS: Important office
>title capitalized here?]
Well now, that depends. Are we referring to "the King" -- THE King -- or are
we referring to "the king, this king, a king"? It's a fine distinction
really. At least one manual of style I've read suggests capitalising titles
either on first reference or as part of a name (since the first reference is
itself a sort of name -- later references act as identifiers that refer back
to it, sort of like pronouns and antecedents).
Errm, the upshot of that is, I think it should stay uncapitalised here, as
it was capitalised in "King Vanagrom VI".
>(er) 16tlov 314: Elder is wide-eyed -> Elder is wide eyed [KS: Not sure if
>the hyphen rule applies to this one or not.]
Hmm, yeah, that's tricky. The PAMoS is plain, but my instinct is to break
the rule on this one.
--
Tim Pederick
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