« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Banner Typo  (Read 5801 times)

Offline kbeartx

  • TS Addict
  • Posts: 6772
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« on: November 07, 2008, 02:40:00 PM »
also, 'virus-free' is a compound modifier, and so should get a hyphen.

KB coolio.gif
Logged

Offline Gregg

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 11748
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2008, 03:10:42 PM »
Aw, ya beat me to it! I guess, because it's poetic, we can ignore the capital (ol?) letter on "your" in the middle of a sentence.

Used to work with a guy, an older gentleman who loved hyphens. He even put 'em in 2 ounce modifiers. wink.gif
« Last Edit: November 07, 2008, 03:14:20 PM by Gregg »
Logged
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

Offline kbeartx

  • TS Addict
  • Posts: 6772
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2008, 04:14:53 PM »
QUOTE(Gregg @ Nov 7 2008, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...ignore the capital (ol?) letter on "your" in the middle of a sentence.


I noticed that and chose to let it slide...

 
QUOTE(Gregg @ Nov 7 2008, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... an older gentleman who loved hyphens. He even put 'em in 2 ounce modifiers. wink.gif


My understanding of the 'rule' is this:

if you use numbers, such as 2 ounce, no hyphen; but if you use words, as in two-ounce, they take a hyphen.  

And it's only when the expression is used to modify another word: he took two ounces of medicine; the medicine was prescribed in two-ounce doses.

KB coolio.gif TGP judge.gif
Logged

Offline Gregg

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 11748
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2008, 06:48:51 PM »
Well, I was really only playing off of your use of "com-pound", but he would use them for such things as "red-brick building".
Logged
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

Offline Jack W

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 2597
    • View Profile
Banner Typo
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2008, 07:09:42 PM »
Hey, TMM,

I liked it!

I especially thought the old-style Apple logo was a touch of class.

Ignore the pundits.

- Jack
Logged
Good to be Here.

My Macs: 2010 27" alum iMac 2.8GHz, Snow Leopard 10.6.8/Mavericks 10.9.5, 4GB SDRAM (Workhorse),
13” Late 2010 MacBook Pro 2.4GHz, 10.6.8, 2GB SDRAM,
(2) External HD - Firewire/USB Macally Enclosures  with 1TB Hitachi Drives,
Time Machine external drive - ditto above - 1/2 TimeMac

Offline Texas Mac Man

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 1722
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2008, 07:23:27 PM »
A correction (tempest) will be posted soon.

(Photoshop doesn't have spell check.)
Logged
Cheers, Tom

Mac PRAM, NVRAM, CUDA/PMU & Battery Tutorial
https://sites.google.com/site/macpram/mac-p...attery-tutorial

Offline Gregg

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 11748
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2008, 08:35:33 PM »
Jack is right. It's a clever banner. I still like the old logo. In fact, I bet I have a logo sticker in my desk drawer.

Spell check is a crutch. It ain't fool-proof. See. wink.gif
Logged
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

Offline dboh

  • Super Duper Poster
  • ****
  • Posts: 484
    • View Profile
Banner Typo
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2008, 07:11:35 AM »
QUOTE(kbeartx @ Nov 7 2008, 03:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
also, 'virus-free' is a compound modifier, and so should get a hyphen.

KB coolio.gif


When compound modifiers follow what they're modifying, they don't require a hyphen.
Logged

Offline Gregg

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 11748
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2008, 08:53:07 AM »
QUOTE(dboh @ Nov 8 2008, 07:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
When compound modifiers follow what they're modifying, they don't require a hyphen.

Are you then saying that when they precede the word being modified, they do require a hyphen? This is getting too complicated! Maybe we should submit it as a 5th Grade grammar question to Fox Network. wink.gif
Logged
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

Offline dboh

  • Super Duper Poster
  • ****
  • Posts: 484
    • View Profile
Banner Typo
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2008, 01:29:53 PM »
QUOTE(Gregg @ Nov 8 2008, 09:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(dboh @ Nov 8 2008, 07:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
When compound modifiers follow what they're modifying, they don't require a hyphen.

Are you then saying that when they precede the word being modified, they do require a hyphen? This is getting too complicated! Maybe we should submit it as a 5th Grade grammar question to Fox Network. wink.gif


I didn't learn this until after college myself!

It would be virus-free computing but computing virus free. Compound modifiers are hyphenated when they precede what they modify(unless they're really familiar terms like high school) and unless it would read too ambiguously unhyphenated if they come after what they modify. An easier example might be "the well-read book" vs. "the book well read."

Of course, compounds with "ly" are never hyphenated: "the barely read book"
Logged

Offline gunug

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 6710
  • TS Palindrome
    • View Profile
Banner Typo
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2008, 02:09:54 PM »
Too many teachers!   oops.gif
Logged
"If there really is no beer in heaven then maybe at least the
computers will work all of the time!"

Offline kimmer

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 9086
    • View Profile
Banner Typo
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2008, 02:18:13 PM »
Y-all-crack-me-up.  tease.gif toothgrin.gif LOL.gif
Logged

Offline Highmac

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 5455
    • View Profile
Banner Typo
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2008, 04:15:33 AM »
QUOTE(Gregg @ Nov 8 2008, 02:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It ain't fool-proof. See. wink.gif


Someone once said "Nothing is foolproof - never underestimate the ingenuity of fools".

NB: 'Foolproof' simply because that's the way we use the word over here... wink.gif
Logged
Neil
MacMini (2018) OS10.14.6 (Mojave). Monitor: LG 27in 4K Ultra HD LED.
15in MacBook Pro (Mid 2014) OS10.13.4 (High Sierra);
15in MacBook Pro (2010), (ex-Snow Leopard); now OS10.13.6 (High Sierra); 500GB Solid-State SATA drive; 4GB memory.

Offline Gregg

  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 11748
    • View Profile
    • http://
Banner Typo
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2008, 02:15:49 PM »
QUOTE(Highmac @ Nov 9 2008, 04:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(Gregg @ Nov 8 2008, 02:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It ain't fool-proof. See. wink.gif

Someone once said "Nothing is foolproof - never underestimate the ingenuity of fools".

So true. The same can be said of crooks and con artists. Rules and regulations will be broken to serve some nefarious end. That's why we will always need new laws.
QUOTE
NB: ...

???
« Last Edit: November 09, 2008, 02:16:12 PM by Gregg »
Logged
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

Offline krissel

  • Administrator
  • TS Addict
  • *****
  • Posts: 14735
    • View Profile
Banner Typo
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2008, 03:59:02 AM »
Logged


A Techsurvivors founder
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »