On Sunday 22 February 2004 11:47, Peter Dobratz wrote:
> David Bobroff writes:
> > >> The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
> > >> instead of "staffs", but I think that is some kind of joke.
> > >
> > >It's American usage.
> >
> > American usage, as far as I, as an Am
On Sunday 22 February 2004 09:49, you wrote:
> > The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
> > instead of "staffs", but I think that is some kind of joke.
>
> It's American usage.
No, it's not. daveA
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> >> The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
> >> instead of "staffs", but I think that is some kind of joke.
> >
> >It's American usage.
My bad. I knew that the American *singular* was "staff" (British sing.
"stave") and made an incorrect extrapolation.
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> Where is this from in the manual?
Under "Staff Notation". No idea on section numbers, I'm using the HTML
version. The easy way to find such things is to use a search function.
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>Yes, I'm continuing the off-topic rambling, but I for one am an
>American and have always used "staffs" both in writing and
>conversation. http://m-w.com is also quite informative on the
>subject :
>
>http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=staff
>
> plural "staffs" or "staves"
> s
David Bobroff writes:
> >> The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
> >> instead of "staffs", but I think that is some kind of joke.
> >
> >It's American usage.
>
> American usage, as far as I, as an American, know is:
>
> staff/staves
>
> My British colleagues sa
Where is this from in the manual?
Aaron
Reuben Thomas wrote:
"If a staff is ended halfway a piece,"
Am I just being stupid, or is this a bit weird?
For a bunch of non-native English speakers, the developers
do a fantastic job of writing documentation.
Indeed.
The only exception is a persiste
>> The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
>> instead of "staffs", but I think that is some kind of joke.
>
>It's American usage.
American usage, as far as I, as an American, know is:
staff/staves
My British colleagues say:
stave/staves
I was reading through the PDF manu
> > "If a staff is ended halfway a piece,"
> >
> > Am I just being stupid, or is this a bit weird?
>
> For a bunch of non-native English speakers, the developers
> do a fantastic job of writing documentation.
Indeed.
> The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
> instead of "s
On Sunday 22 February 2004 09:07, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> "If a staff is ended halfway a piece,"
>
> Am I just being stupid, or is this a bit weird?
For a bunch of non-native English speakers, the developers
do a fantastic job of writing documentation.
The only exception is a persistent inability
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