Correct spelling?

[chrissie1]

I was asked to check the spelling on a document that was written in English and alltough I can search for most words in the dictionary. Some words are not in there and the grammar is sometimes problem too. So I kindly ask for your help.

telogen phase hair or telogen-phase hair

in the sentence

It's common knowledge that the limiting factors in obtaining a STR profile are the quality

is a or an STR

I tend to say nucliei (more then one nucleus) but they wrote it nuclei am I pronouncing it wrong?


Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[risby]

I'd say it's "an STR" because in speech you wouldn't say the letters S, T and R as a word "struh" but as the letters "ess tee arrrgh" [pirate emoticon]. The letter 'S' sounds like it begins with the vowel 'e' you should use 'an' as the indefinite article.

It's important to remember than 'an' is used when the next word sounds like, rather than is, a vowel e.g. 'an only child' but 'a one time event'.

You have a problem with 'LED' which some people are now pronouncing as a word rather than the letters. You can sort of force them to use letters in their heads by writing 'an LED'.

It does, however, slightly irritate me that all Oracle documentation tries to force readers to think 'Sequel' when they see SQL by writing 'a SQL statement' because I disobediently insist on saying 'ess queue ell'.

Not quite sure what you meant in the 'plural of nucleus' part of your post but more than one nucleus is spelt nuclei and pronounced 'new klee eye'.

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[chrissie1]

Thanks for clearing that up.

If you pronounce it like it is written then it would sound someting like "new kleye" without the 2 ee's you wrote but that just sounds wrong. So lets go for nucleuses.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[risby]

Why? That would simply be wrong. There are very many words in English that don't seem to be spelt in any way that suggests their pronunciation and there are many different pronunciations in different parts of the country but you can't simply decide to make things simpler for yourself by breaking the rules.

The word 'ghoti' is pronounced 'fish'. 'gh' as in enough, 'o' as in women and 'ti' as in emotion.

The plural of nucleus is nuclei, that's nu-cle-i. Write out that sentence one hundred times after class.

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[chrissie1]

Sorry to offend. I was trying to make a joke.

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Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[risby]

Sorry to offend.

You didn't.

I was trying to make a joke.

So was I.

Oh dear, you computering types are so prone to take things too literally.

Please write "I must not take Risby seriously ever again" one hundred times after class.

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[chrissie1]

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Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[chrissie1]

Now I got write-cramp or writersblock.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[KenCunningham]

Or cut-and-paste fatigue?

Nice exchange, people. My original thought reading the first mail was if you meant whether the hyphen in telogen-phase hair is necessary or desirable? Was that interpretation wrong?

If it helps, my hair is at end-of-phase!

All I ask of you
Is make my wildest dreams come true

 

[chrissie1]

So all your hairs are in telogen-phase (the last phase of three, just before it decides to leave the nest)

And I didn't cut-and-paste everything.

And thanks for the hyphen solving.

And this was the answer I got in another less know(with less intelligent people) forum about the hyphen thingie, wich I found interesting.

cLFlaVA (Programmer)

the way i remember whether or not something needs to be hyphenated is this:

"the sky was reddish-blue"

was the sky reddish? no.
was the sky blue? no.
was the sky reddish-blue? yes.

so then it should be hyphenated.

"telogen-phase hair"

was the hair telogen? no.
was the hair phase? no.
was the hair telogen-phase? i think so.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[KenCunningham]

I like that explanation (and by the way the author has been Tip-Master of the Week several times to my knowledge!).

As for the hair - I'm afraid it's several phases beyond telegen and has been since I was 21!

All I ask of you
Is make my wildest dreams come true

 

[chrissie1]

and by the way the author has been Tip-Master of the Week several times to my knowledge

But it didn't make him a better human.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[KenCunningham]

It probably does (proving that he/she is more than willing to help others). It was the:

(with less intelligent people)

I was objecting to. Just seemed a little arrogant that's all.

All I ask of you
Is make my wildest dreams come true

 

[chrissie1]

Yeah, my bad. But once you get to know me you know what I mean.

I'm not arrogant I'm me.

And Cory likes me, really.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[Gooser]

...Oh, and when you want to call someone less-intelligent by saying:

And this was the answer I got in another less know(with less intelligent people) forum about the hyphen thingie, wich I found interesting.

Try not to:
-start a sentence with "And..."
-use poor grammar (did you mean 'less know ... forum', or did you really mean less-known ... forum?
-use the 'word' thingie
-misspell the word 'which'
-pick on someone who is tremendously helpful
-be nasty behind other TT-ers' backs

Have a nice day.

v/r

Gooser

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> or did you really mean less-known ... forum?
If that is what she meant, then it should be lesser-known forum.

The 'rule' about not starting a sentence with a conjunction has fallen out of favor in many circles.

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[Gooser]

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[mmerlinn]

Oh dear, you computering types are so prone to take things too literally.

We MUST take things literally. If we don't, our programs crash. LOL.0


mmerlinn

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[chrissie1]

You can blame earthandfire one of the other peope in the forum with the less intelligent people (I can't help it I didn't make them) for this. Actually that was a compliment for the people in this forum. And I don't mind my bad grammar, I happen to come from a non-english speaking country. So I have an excuse.

And I quote.

Someone who would be able to give you a pretty definitive answer would be CajunCenturion on Making an Impression forum1256

I like the word thingie I think it's fun.

- pick on someone who is tremendously helpful
- be nasty behind other TT-ers' backs

I only do that with people I know and who I know don't really mind.

And again sorry that I offended somebody in this forum, I know I didn't offend anybody in the other forum.




Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Goose,

You can't ride Christiaan too hard for English grammar, he's Belgian.

When reading this line, "And this was the answer I got in another less know(with less intelligent people) forum about the hyphen thingie, wich I found interesting.", it seemed to me that he was kind of tongue-in-cheek kissing up to this illustrious group.

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