> [...] it can adapt and absorb bits it comes into contact with,
> unlike a Romance language that's stuck being just that.
"English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows
other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes
through their pockets for loose grammar."
> One s
Hi Ted,
> For instance, should one abbreviate "Street" as "St" or "St."?
> Either is compatible: "S[tree]t" or "St[reet]."
Street is `St.', Saint is `St'. I base this on quite a bit of Googling.
:-)
A word that starts consonant, vowel is often contracted to the first
and last consonant, with pe
Hi Damian,
> English has so many irregularities cause by its roots in Latin and
> Greek
And before they came along it was West Germanic, with quite a bit of
Norse thrown in. So we've Angles, Saxons, and then those Normans. I
think this is one of the reasons the language has become the world's
l
Agreed. This also maximizes the chances the distros will pick up the
latest version.
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Boyuan Yang <073p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [cc-me please, I'm not on list]
>
> Hello all,
>
> I found a typo on the Wiki page of Groff under directory.fsf.org. On the
> page
> [1],
Which does not necessarily resolve the matter!
For instance, should one abbreviate "Street" as "St" or "St."?
Either is compatible: "S[tree]t" or "St[reet]."
In practice one sees both.
And "St" could also be "Saint", as in "St Andrew's St" ...
Ted.
On Tue, 2017-11-21 at 09:16 +, Denis M. Wil
Going back to shortened words, New Hart's Rules (OUP), states that an
abbreviation (trailing letters removed) is followed by a period, eg
Prof. whereas a contraction (other letters removed) is not, eg Mrs
Maybe UK English only...
Denis
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:55:05 +1100 (AEDT)
Damian McGuckin w
