[austechwriter] Re: Query: Honorifics and other dotted abbreves /sentences
- From: Erisa Linsky <slinka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:48:50 +1000
Examples that don't fit your sentence definitions.
The switch can be either Off or On.
People from the research dept should always be addressed as "Dr".
When the light turns red the foreman shouts "EVERYONE OUT!"
For "Other Agent" transfers you must enter the Agent Code in box
"A"........................turn to page 3.
Not all grammar is correct
Agreed?
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Hudson <cruddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Austechwriters <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:56 PM
Subject: [austechwriter] Query: Honorifics and other dotted abbreves /
sentences
> I am putting the finishing touches on a sentence finder for Word. I need a
> list of _common_ abbreviations that are commonly 'dotted' with an
> immediately suceeding period.
>
> I imagine the .mil kiddies have a whole bunch of honorifics like Lt. Gen.
> and the like, so I figured the best bet was to ask those people with
access
> to docs with them to suggest some 3 character or larger common dotted
> abbreves.
>
> I am planning on having specialist 'dictionaries' of these terms
> 'hard-coded' in as I can't see the list being THAT extensive to warrant
the
> use of an external config file, unlike Trivial Words. The collection of
> words is exposed to the API user to modify if required.
>
> In writing this, I came up with my 'rules of thumb' for sentence breaks.
> Perhaps some of our cunning linguists can suggest modifications.
>
> 'Rule 1: Sentence must end with a .?! or elipses, or any combination
thereof
> 'Rule 2: Sentence must end more than 1 char into doc
> 'Rule 3: Sentence must end with a lower case character
> 'Rule 4: Must be succeeded by a space, double quote or a ctrl char
> 'Rule 5: Last word of sentence cannot be two chars long with first char
> capped
> ' to take care of common abbreviations, Mr. Dr. Lt. etc
> 'Rule 6: Last word of sentence cannot be a dotted abbrev
>
> Steve Hudson
>
> Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia
> Tricky stuff with Word or words for you.
> Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Products: http://www.geocities.com/word_heretic/products.html
> Spellbooks: 728 pages of dump left and dropping...
>
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