atw: Re: Microsoft Manual of Style
- From: Robert Levy <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 21:05:05 +1100
I assume they mean if you have enough space.
rwl
On 09/02/2012, at 5:02 PM, Howard Silcock wrote:
> My reaction was pretty much the same as Janice's: what do you mean, 'if you
> can'? I suppose it must mean something like 'if your sentence becomes just
> too clumsy'. But in my view including the superfluous word 'devices' already
> makes it too clumsy.
>
> On Robert's point about buying from O'Reilly, that was the first place I
> looked - they sell it for $23.99. Then I tried Amazon and found it was $9.99.
> Well, O'Reilly offer free upgrades and also provide both EPUB and PDF
> formats. But if you buy the Kindle version you'll find it contains an offer
> from O'Reilly to upgrade it for $4.99 and get those benefits thrown in - and
> you're still ahead!
>
> Howard
>
>
>
>
> On 9 February 2012 15:44, Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, Howard quoted pretty much the entire paragraph! Here it is with the extra
> three word at the end:
>
> "If you need to refer to more than one mouse, use mouse devices if you can.
> Otherwise, use mice."
>
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Janice Gelb
> Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 2:35 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Microsoft Manual of Style
>
> On 9/02/12 10:39 PM, Howard Silcock wrote:
> > I was interested to read what they said about mouse terminology. We had a
> > protracted discussion about the plural of 'mouse' on this list some years
> > ago, in which I railed against the word 'mouses'. Microsoft always
> > advocated using 'mouse devices', which I thought was a bit silly, but still
> > better than 'mouses'. Well, now they appear to have shifted a little bit,
> > as the new Manual of Style says 'use mouse devices if you can. Otherwise,
> > use mice.'
>
> Thanks for the update. Sun style is to say "mouse devices" as well.
> As for the new MMoS advice - does the entry provide any further explanation
> of what "if you can" means, such as example situations?
>
> -- Janice
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