[RFI] WallyHome?

[Alan NV8A]

So Microsoft now gets to define English usage as well as set the 
criteria for software design!?

People may be "titled" (e.g., "Sir" somebody or other; "Lord" 
Muckamuck). Written works are "entitled." Been that way ever since I 
learned to read and write.

73

Alan NV8A


On 09/01/14 07:40 pm, Paul Christensen wrote:
> The Associated Press Stylebook (AP) disagrees as does The Microsoft
> Manual of Style for Technical Publications. Those are just two quick
> sources I found. I'm not sure as to the authority of the grammarist
> site, but the majority of English professors would object to the FCC's
> use of the rd. -5 points for incorrect usage!
>
> Paul, W9AC
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Howard Lester
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 7:25 PM
> To: Group RFI
> Subject: Re: [RFI] WallyHome?
>
>> From the site grammarist.com:
>
> "When they are synonymous with named or called, there is no substantive
> difference between entitled and titled. Some people object to this use
> entitled, but the objection is baseless. The use of entitled to mean named
> goes back centuries, and entitled was in fact the preferred term until
> recently."
>
> So this time, at least, the Gov't agency did get it right. :-)
>
> Howard N7SO
>
>
> "The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) has released a
>> technical report *entitled*, "Measurements of Environmental
>> Electromagnetic
>> Fields at Amateur Radio Stations."
>>
>> It scares me that a U.S. Government agency cannot distinguish between the
>> words "titled," and "entitled."
>>
>> Paul, W9AC
>>
>>
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