| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Bob Stayton | Apr 22, 2007 11:48 pm | |
| Grosso, Paul | Apr 23, 2007 7:47 am | |
| Grosso, Paul | Apr 23, 2007 7:54 am | |
| Scott Hudson | Apr 23, 2007 7:57 am | .jpg |
| Gershon L Joseph | Apr 23, 2007 8:29 am | |
| Norman Walsh | Apr 25, 2007 1:36 pm | .pgp |
| Subject: | acknowledgements element in 5.0 | |
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| From: | Grosso, Paul (pgro...@ptc.com) | |
| Date: | Apr 23, 2007 7:47:27 am | |
| List: | org.oasis-open.lists.docbook-tc | |
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bo...@sagehill.net] Sent: Monday, 2007 April 23 1:49 To: DocBook Technical Committee Cc: docb...@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [docbook-tc] DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Agenda: 25 April 2007
a. Norm to add acknowledgements element to 5.0.
There may be an issue regarding "acknowledgement" versus "acknowledgment". I realize that the online docbook documentation at http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html/docbook.h tml uses the former, and I personally prefer the former, since one would ordinarily think the g is hard in the latter.
However, I feel obliged to point out that it appears to be a substantial majority of uses prefer the former spelling. In fact, if you look up "acknowledgement" at http://www.m-w.com/ you get sent to the entry for "acknowledgment" (where it lists "acknowledgement" as a variant) and a search of the online Chicago Manual of Style at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ shows only the "acknowledgment" spelling.
We may find that most users will expect the 2e (instead of 3e) spelling. Of course, use of a smart editor can obviate this issue, but those entering DocBook via Notepad might be surprised.
paul






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