[austechwriter] Re: Program and programme
- From: "Anna Windebank" <anna.windebank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 12:09:11 +1000
Hi Michael,
Even to IT recruitment consultants such as myself? Not sure how to take
that!!
I have a question relating to your last sentence. It's about the
apostrophe. Isn't it used (apart from denoting the absence of a word) to
suggest "belonging to" except in the instance of "it" in which case "its" is
used in the belonging to sense and "it's" is only used to mean "it is"?
I look forward to your response.
Regards
Anna
P.S. I prefer the Zeds too
-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Edward
Granat
Sent: Friday, 2 May 2003 11:24 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: anna.windebank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Program and programme
Hello Anna,
Yes, these can often be a source of confusion, even to IT recruitment=20
consultants such as yourself.
In this country and in the UK, the abbreviated (US English) spelling tends=
=20
to be used for a computer program, although (most places) a programmer is=20
still a programmer, not a "programer".
For on-line definitions of "program" see:=20
<http://www.onelook.com/?w=3Dprogram&ls=3Da>
For on-line definitions of "programme" see:=20
<http://www.onelook.com/?w=3Dprogramme&ls=3Da>
But IMHO =97 and with all due respect =97 it's time to "get with the=
programme"=20
and invest in a decent (book form) dictionary.
(I thoroughly recommend The Collins English Dictionary, Australian Edition=
=20
to you as a very useful, usable and informative tome. Personally, I'd give=
=20
the contrary MacQuarie a big miss. It's etymologies are horrid and it=20
tries to remove all the Zeds in the language and replace them with Esses.)
Sincerely,
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
Carnegie, Victoria, Australia.
At 17:11 1/5/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>Good afternoon,
>
>Could anyone explain the exact differences between "program" and
>"programme"? Is it just that the former is American or are there
>differences in meaning?
>
>Thanks
>Anna
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
>Anna Windebank
>General Manager
>Pegasus Consulting
>Tel: +61 3 9649 7177
>Fax: +61 3 9649 7011
>anna.windebank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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