I knew I would get a flurry of answers from the list, so thanks. I have what
I need to make some substantiated edits.
Much appreciated.
Tammy Van Boening
Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
www.spectrumwritingllc.com
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> If you must have the 'and' I would removed the Oxford comma as I hate
> them, but this is a matter of local style.
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I've always thought two of a tech writer's top values are accuracy, and
avoidance of ambiguity. The Oxford (or serial) comma is essential for both
of these.
Hi Tammy,
The information* is displayed across five tabs. From left to
right, they are Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and Details.
* labels? titles? topics? (+ "are")
My 2ยข.
Karen Robbins
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For comma placement, I'd pick #1, which matches the _Chicago Manual of
Style_, but I'd also suggest tightening the sentence and removing
passive voice. Result:
"The information displays across five tabs: Overview, Category, Locus,
Sequence, and Details."
I would note that the Chicago style
How about this?
The information is organized into five tabs. From left to right, they
are Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and Details.
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:48 PM wrote:
> You would think so, but in another part of the manual, there is a plot that
> distinctly shows a legend, and
...and 'is displayed' is passive voice, which is usually deprecated.
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As an afterthought, I'm not sure above 'is displayed across' either, but then I
don't know your software. It doesn't convey much. Is the user supposed to hunt
over the five tabs to find what they want?
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John and Tom, yes. Simplest is best, and the three options you list are all
massively and unnecessarily verbose. Were I editing it I would deprecate all of
them and the punctuation.
Who is the target audience? Do they have US or UK English as their first
language? From what ethnic culture?
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You would think so, but in another part of the manual, there is a plot that
distinctly shows a legend, and instead of only referring to the legend (as
in see legend for plot details), I was required to literally explain the
legend verbatim, as in Forward is highlighted in blue, Reverse is
I would just say:
The information is displayed across five tabs: Overview, Category, Locus,
Sequence, and Details.
I would assume an English-language reader would assume left to right.
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:34 PM wrote:
> Consider the following three sentences:
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> 1.)The
LOL. I always edit to #1 as well - and I tried "that." The only agreement
among these three "editors" is the use of "which." (Yea, don't go there!)
TVB
Tammy Van Boening
Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
www.spectrumwritingllc.com
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I've always edited to your option #1. Nonrestrictive clauses are set
off by commas.
But my personal choice would be to restructure so that the sentence
uses a restrictive clause:
4.) The information is displayed across five tabs that, from left
to right, are Overview, Category, Locus,
Consider the following three sentences:
1.)The information is displayed across five tabs, which, from left to
right, are the following: Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and Details.
2.)The information is displayed across five tabs, which from left to
right, are the following:
Unfortunately, none of these suggestions worked. I did check Task Manager
to see if there was a process I could switch to, but there wasn't anything
listed. In fact, as far as I can tell, neither the character palette nor
the hex input are working. I wonder what I borked.
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