Another reason for the "intentionally left blank" can be an uneven number of pages in a cheap stapled manual where the first page and last page are on the same sheet, etc.
I think a "Notes" page conveys the same message as well without being contradictory.
In context though, it's usually obvious when a page is missing, as opposed to just left blank.
-Nick
I think a "Notes" page conveys the same message as well without being contradictory.
In context though, it's usually obvious when a page is missing, as opposed to just left blank.
-Nick
Well ......
Not sooo crazy. It (page left blank) made some sense in reports of military nature, where it often was not immediately clear from text (especially itemised summaries) that a page was not inadvertently left out. This was a general instruction in order to preserve - er - well - order. And perhaps the general did not want to break his head/brain (sic) wondering about the state of affairs.
Also, this was sometimes done in catalogues when subsequent updates could thus be easily incorporated into existing format - but in those cases I usually found "Page reserved for future updates". Rather more sense in that.
One wonders about the opposite. Would that be "Page unintentionally filled with print/text"? Makes one think of the necessity of some published matter - but that is another subject.....
Not sooo crazy. It (page left blank) made some sense in reports of military nature, where it often was not immediately clear from text (especially itemised summaries) that a page was not inadvertently left out. This was a general instruction in order to preserve - er - well - order. And perhaps the general did not want to break his head/brain (sic) wondering about the state of affairs.
Also, this was sometimes done in catalogues when subsequent updates could thus be easily incorporated into existing format - but in those cases I usually found "Page reserved for future updates". Rather more sense in that.
One wonders about the opposite. Would that be "Page unintentionally filled with print/text"? Makes one think of the necessity of some published matter - but that is another subject.....
panomaniac said:
I'd prefer something like:
What you see before you is all you is all that should be.
The talk of technical manuals gave me an idea: I ran the standard phrase through Babelfish to Chinese and back.
"This page intentionally is left behind the blank."
Where is the blank page now?
Can't find that one, but here is my favorite from "last-page comedian" Jim Williams:soundbrigade said:
AN98 - Signal Sources, Conditioners and Power Circuitry Circuits of the Fall, 2004
Reminds me somehow of my flatmate who likes to ask me, "do you feel sick?" -- "no, I'm just thinking about amplifiers"...
Regards, Klaus
jnb said:
The default install is US English so unless you install it yourself....
you may find yourself thinking of sleep when you put tyres on your car
EC8010 said:
Bill Gates is the Antichrist (It wasn’t really Nietzsche after all).
Irrefutable proof:
http://egomania.nu/gates.html
See? Explains everything.
Cheers,
Glen
Write Professionally
The quotation is the first line of a spam e-mail I just received, with the subject line "Improves english writing with this software" - from somebody named, apparently, "Write Professionally".
Even if we grant that the tools are restricted to the writing of patents, the sentence doesn't really fill me with confidence in their capabilities. But I'd be happy to forward the link to anyone who wants it.
Regards.
Aengus
[edited: I initially read it too hastily and hadn't noted the subject line correctly]
The quotation is the first line of a spam e-mail I just received, with the subject line "Improves english writing with this software" - from somebody named, apparently, "Write Professionally".
Even if we grant that the tools are restricted to the writing of patents, the sentence doesn't really fill me with confidence in their capabilities. But I'd be happy to forward the link to anyone who wants it.
Regards.
Aengus
[edited: I initially read it too hastily and hadn't noted the subject line correctly]
What you say is somewhat true, and I agree entirely with its intent. However, there is some "professional" writing (e.g., post-modernist professors) which is hopelessly obscure, apparently as a matter of policy; and I think that "sophisticated" writing which is unclear and long-winded comes from would-be sophisticates.
That having been said, long-windedness is certainly in the eye of the beholder; some people find Henry James, Cormac McCarthy, or William Gaddis (to pick a few) long-winded - I myself do not.
Regards.
Aengus.
That having been said, long-windedness is certainly in the eye of the beholder; some people find Henry James, Cormac McCarthy, or William Gaddis (to pick a few) long-winded - I myself do not.
Regards.
Aengus.
EC8010 said:
OK, I did and from Webster's New World Dictionary it defines sophistry as:
"n. misleading but clever reasoning"
However, sophisticated is defined as:
"adj. 1 not simple, naive, etc.; worldly wise or knowledgeable, subtle, etc. 2 for sophisticated people 3 highly complex or developed in form, technique, etc.
So I guess I'm not sure what your point is in pointing out that there are different meanings to words based on the same root word. The "History" of the word should tell you how it evolved and eventually came to mean something very different from it's origins. Just remember or review your Greek Philosophy (Oh no, there's that evil root word again!).
Best Regards,
TerryO
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