Random comments on common errors in technical documents - Page 3

Bonsai · 02:48 PM

Well, Harry sent me the errata sheets and there's about 4 or 5 A4 sheets worth I'd corrections. Most are to do with punctuation, usage of SI symbols, it's vs. its; there were quite a few typos as well. Ill post up the errata tomorrow when I am at my computer - seems I cannot get it work on my iPad.

Let take this opportunity to thank Harry for going through the document and highlighting the problem areas.

HarryDymond · 2nd July 2012, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonsai

Let take this opportunity to thank Harry for going through the document and highlighting the problem areas.

You're welcome!

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Originally Posted by Bonsai

it's vs. its

Actually that's something I was pleased to see you had got correct.

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DF96 · 2nd July 2012, 02:56 PM

For those who want to write as they speak, the correct spelling of "should of" is actually "should've" - but this is rarely used and such people would probably put the apostrophe in the wrong place anyway!

Bonsai · 2nd July 2012, 02:57 PM

Thanks! :-)

Wavebourn · 2nd July 2012, 04:04 PM

Aluminum/Aluminium, color/colour

HarryDymond · 2nd July 2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Wavebourn

Aluminum/Aluminium, color/colour

One assumes you prefer the US spellings? If you're a British-English speaker/writer but you suspect the majority of your readers will be American, should you use their spellings and words (faucet/tap sidewalk/pavement etc.)?

Wavebourn · 2nd July 2012, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryDymond

One assumes you prefer the US spellings? If you're a British-English speaker/writer but you suspect the majority of your readers will be American, should you use their spellings and words (faucet/tap sidewalk/pavement etc.)?

British to American Translator & British Dictionary

Mooly · 2nd July 2012, 04:17 PM

Using quite instead of quiet always crops up a lot.

And adding the word "like" as in "there is like 7 volts on the emitter".

Wavebourn · 2nd July 2012, 04:38 PM

"Do you here me now?"

DF96 · 2nd July 2012, 05:13 PM

Alternative rendering of Mooly: "the emitter was so 7 volts!".

2nd July 2012, 02:45 PM	#21
Bonsai diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taipei, Taiwan	Well, Harry sent me the errata sheets and there's about 4 or 5 A4 sheets worth I'd corrections. Most are to do with punctuation, usage of SI symbols, it's vs. its; there were quite a few typos as well. Ill post up the errata tomorrow when I am at my computer - seems I cannot get it work on my iPad. Let take this opportunity to thank Harry for going through the document and highlighting the problem areas. __________________ bonsai Amplifier Design and Construction for MUSIC! http://hifisonix.com/ Last edited by Bonsai; 2nd July 2012 at 02:48 PM.

2nd July 2012, 02:57 PM	#24
Bonsai diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taipei, Taiwan	Thanks! :-) __________________ bonsai Amplifier Design and Construction for MUSIC! http://hifisonix.com/

2nd July 2012, 04:04 PM	#25
Wavebourn diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	Aluminum/Aluminium, color/colour __________________ If I disappear suddenly, that means I finally created a time machine and pushed wrong button that brought me to Stalin's Russia. In any experiment any result is the result. Even if it is negative.

2nd July 2012, 04:17 PM	#28
Mooly diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007	Using quite instead of quiet always crops up a lot. And adding the word "like" as in "there is like 7 volts on the emitter". __________________ ------------------------------------------------------- *A simulation free zone.* *Design it, build it, test it.*

2nd July 2012, 04:38 PM	#29
Wavebourn diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	"Do you here me now?" __________________ If I disappear suddenly, that means I finally created a time machine and pushed wrong button that brought me to Stalin's Russia. In any experiment any result is the result. Even if it is negative.


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2nd July 2012, 02:56 PM	#23
DF96 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2007	For those who want to write as they speak, the correct spelling of "should of" is actually "should've" - but this is rarely used and such people would probably put the apostrophe in the wrong place anyway!

2nd July 2012, 05:13 PM	#30
DF96 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2007	Alternative rendering of Mooly: "the emitter was so 7 volts!".

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