From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: a question of form
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:19:58 +0100
Date: 2014-08-28T21:19:58+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lyk35sicy9.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ltnvoi$bpq$1@loke.gir.dk
"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
> Not really. "Stop words" are something that is invented to make search
> engine performance more tractable (indexing "the" would take a large
> amount of space and offer little value), while title case is something
> that is defined by the rules of English writing.
I agree with you about 'stop words' (though they've been used in
indexing from long before search engines!); but I don't thnk there is
one set of 'rules of English writing'.
I gather from browsing the Guardian style guide that the rules (not just
for headings) required all-caps for mentions of ministers of the Crown;
"the HOME SECRETARY stated that ...". Ugh.
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-25 20:33 a question of form gdotone
2014-08-25 20:56 ` Simon Clubley
2014-08-25 22:08 ` Ludovic Brenta
2014-08-26 1:06 ` gdotone
2014-08-26 7:04 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2014-08-26 17:31 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-08-27 5:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-27 7:17 ` AdaMagica
2014-08-28 11:56 ` G.B.
2014-08-28 13:23 ` Simon Wright
2014-08-28 14:08 ` G.B.
2014-08-28 19:26 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-28 20:19 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2014-08-28 20:48 ` Simon Wright
2014-08-28 18:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-08-28 19:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-08-29 11:55 ` G.B.
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