Post AVoksZPevoRU0RO1w0 by tiredaidworker@toot.community
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(DIR) Post #AVofjFpJspLKsr7yHQ by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-19T15:00:52Z
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I'm delighted that my preference ("spellcheck") won the poll!In case you're curious, these are some of the major stylebook and dictionary recommendations:📚 "spell check" (AP Stylebook)📚 "spell-check" (Dictionary.com, Merriam Webster, OED)📚 "spellcheck" (Chicago Manual of Style)My house style is "spellcheck."
(DIR) Post #AVofzYVmBJQdT0l8gC by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-19T15:03:52Z
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I was also surprised that the results for the same poll were so different on LinkedIn.
(DIR) Post #AVogLyBzNhVxUABxom by VE2UWY@mastodon.radio
2023-05-19T15:07:56Z
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@grammargirl Especially when we know the hyphenated version is the One True Way.
(DIR) Post #AVogXyzKFT3DQczs0m by heidi_helen@mastodon.social
2023-05-19T15:10:07Z
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@grammargirl Interesting! I’d probably think of it more as a noun, as the name of a feature. Something like: “Don’t forget to use Spell Check!” But I guess it’s common enough now to be used as a verb and compound word.
(DIR) Post #AVogqjzCFYywP0sgm8 by jaydax@mastodonapp.uk
2023-05-19T15:13:29Z
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@grammargirl Curious what you prefer - eBook (Microsoft), ebook (Most common in a Google search), e-book (dictionaries)
(DIR) Post #AVojVxEc62WdH1s8OG by colorblindcowboy@mastodon.art
2023-05-19T15:43:20Z
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@grammargirl This was a good poll and discussion. It made me rethink my initial opinion.
(DIR) Post #AVoknfEpqT9Wcpz5rE by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-19T15:57:47Z
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@jaydax I prefer "e-book." I tend to prefer fewer hyphens, but I think the E and B in "ebook" look weird together without one. "Email" doesn't bother me, but that's probably because I've seen it a million times.A capital B doesn't make sense to me. I can't see any logical reason to capitalize it outside of a product or brand name.
(DIR) Post #AVoksZPevoRU0RO1w0 by tiredaidworker@toot.community
2023-05-19T15:12:16Z
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@grammargirl wouldn't rewriting the sentence to check your spelling or proofread your work avoid this question all together?
(DIR) Post #AVoksaDzuehyWYwEOe by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-19T15:58:39Z
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@tiredaidworker Sure, but sometimes you want or need to use a specific word—in a direct quotation, for example.
(DIR) Post #AVolP3A1rgchXBYzBY by AlexKourvo@zirk.us
2023-05-19T15:25:16Z
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@grammargirl Now do copyedit/copy edit.
(DIR) Post #AVolP46WMDPYSavhM8 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-19T16:04:31Z
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@AlexKourvo I defer to ACES: The Society for Editing, which uses "copy edit."
(DIR) Post #AVouGK2OeAP2rGuFo8 by cwwilkie@zirk.us
2023-05-19T17:43:49Z
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@grammargirl I wanted to say "you're doing the Lord's work," but then I'm like "doing the Lady's work" but not sure that would come across, and then I'm like, is there a gender-neutral synonym for Lord/Lady that riffs on the religious reference but still parses to laity?
(DIR) Post #AVowGE3l4a0CE4coSW by bobdel@home.social
2023-05-19T18:06:11Z
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@grammargirl 👍the same path as the evolution of “website,” formerly two words in the ‘90s, the first capitalized.
(DIR) Post #AVp0cJ1FiIaFnNEkqG by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-05-19T18:54:59Z
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@cwwilkie Haha, good point! I can't think of one.Some people might say "You're doing the goddess's work," but I still don't know if that would register with me as a female take on "the Lord's work." It's such a set phrase. Then if you try to extend it into the gender neutral, I think it would be even further from mentally triggering that idiom, at least for me.
(DIR) Post #AVp42bADAuNdSeel9M by ArcataDJ@universeodon.com
2023-05-19T19:33:22Z
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@grammargirl Any Canadian or British votes for spellcheque?
(DIR) Post #AVp4L8uMS90lKW5L6W by jaydax@mastodonapp.uk
2023-05-19T19:36:42Z
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@grammargirl I guess my preference for 'ebook' is also a case of famiarity. As to a capitized B the only acceptable capital after a non-capital is pH in chemistry.
(DIR) Post #AVpAqxIRl8EMJDu5Vw by JohnDA@social.vivaldi.net
2023-05-19T20:49:40Z
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@grammargirl I’m definitely in the ‘spell-check’ camp for the verb.Hyphen use keeps changing (e.g., ‘to-day’ was normal 100 years ago, in NZ and UK at least), with AmE more inclined to create a compound word when NZE/BrE keeps the hyphen (esp. for verbs) or uses two words.I’ve often wondered (without evidence) whether AmE was influenced in this by other European languages, such as German.To me AmE ‘preeminent’ looks weird and AmE ‘coworker’ is just hilariously bovine 😁
(DIR) Post #AVpDINGxUNE2bDPSZk by WandaTinasky@zirk.us
2023-05-19T21:17:00Z
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@grammargirl I tend to use two words for the verb form with terms like this (e.g. log in, feed back) and one word for the noun (login, feedback), so I guess I'd use 'spell check'. Although I feel more comfortable using something like 'make sure to run spellcheck' instead.