Re: British English Language Questions


Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Writing a go book, I face some language questions that my grammar
books don't answer clearly.

1) Which words in headlines are upper case or lower case?
Are there fixed rules or does the writer have some freedom?
2) In headlines, do all parts or only the first letter of a word with
hyphens start with upper case? Is this up to the writer's freedom,
if only he is consistent?
3) Are all words of a multiple word preposition like "in front of"
written with lower case letters in a headline?


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4) Some nouns tend to be written as one word (eyespace), some as
separate words (eye shape). Why? Which in general? (BTW, superko
underwent a process from super ko via super-ko to superko and this
newsgroup was the major origin of this language change.)


Close call:

Results 1 - 100 of about 109,000 for "eyeshape". (0.47 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=eyeshape&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=100&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images

Results 1 - 100 of about 105,000 for "eye shape". (0.16 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&num=100&q=%22eye+shape%22&btnG=Search



5) While German almost consists of multiple noun words:), English is
somewhat fond of connecting nouns by "of". OTOH, specialized terms
may well be formed as a simple succession of nouns. As someone
introducing lots of definitions and specialized terms, it is particularly
hard for me to know about expected usage here. So I am classifying
types, meanings, and directions and therefore want to introduce and
use the terms "move type", "move meaning", and "development
direction" frequently. Is that just ordinary or would the native English
reader's soul cry for "type of move", "meaning of move", and "direction
of development" each time?


( Agreement with Joel ):
The first word of the pair receives emphasis in that context.



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"richard" <mullens-deleteme-@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
... should you trust someone who is prepared to split an infinitive ?


Consult with James Tanner, Jr. ,Militant Grammarians of Massachusetts.



- regards
- jb

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