Hi Winfried I've no doubt you are correct about the single f, but I have never seen this used in practice. The use of ff is quite common, meaning "and following," without specifying whether one page/section or more is meant.
Roger Sent from BlueMail On 27 Jun 2019, 9:04 am, at 9:04 am, Reng Winfried <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Alison, > >See section 1.2 f. means that the content is not only in section >1.2, but also in 1.3. >See section 1.2 ff. means that the content is in section 1.2 and >the following sections. >(Similar to f for forte and ff for fortissimo in music.) >There isn't a German word "fortfolgend". That's a common >misunderstanding. >I do not see this abbreviation often. Mostly it is used with pages, >but not sections. > >You might just add "and the following sections". > >Best regards > >Winfried > >-----Original Message----- >From: Framers ><framers-bounces+w.reng=carecom-solutions....@lists.frameusers.com> On >Behalf Of A Craig >Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 6:47 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Framers] OT: Grammar/Cross References > >I know this is off topic, but my internet searches have proven >fruitless. > >I am in the middle of (legally) re-branding an English, white label >manual (originally written in German) to ship with a product >manufactured by another company. > >My problem is with some of the cross references as many of them are >followed by the abbreviation "ff". (eg, " See Section 11.3 ff. ") > >According to a German engineer currently in training here, "f" means >"folgende" (following) and "ff" is "fort folgende" (continue >following). > >Is anyone familiar with this format? And is there an equivalent in >English? My first guess is that any equivalent would actually be a >Latin abbreviation rather than English—but I've come up blank on both. > >All suggestions will be gratefully accepted. > >Alison >_______________________________________________ > >This message is from the Framers mailing list > >Send messages to [email protected] >Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com >Archives located at >http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ >Subscribe and unsubscribe at >http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com >Send administrative questions to [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
