On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Gray > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> (Perhaps Britannica gets it because "Encyclopedia" is a common word - >> we'd feel silly with the sentence "I looked it up in Encyclopedia >> Britannica", because "I looked it up in encyclopedia" would itself be >> wrong) > > > I don't have a problem with the sentence "I looked it up in Encyclopedia > Britannica". In fact, after consideration, I'd say adding in "the" would be > technically incorrect. Looking at britannica.com, EB consistently refers > to itself without "the" in the beginning. >
I'm sure there are quite a few other examples. The only one that comes to mind, though, is "Best Damn Sports Show Period", and that one is treated inconsistently even by the official websites. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
