Comments on: Why programmers make good editors http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/19/programmers-and-editing/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/19/programmers-and-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-30017 Cyde Weys Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:57:40 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=830#comment-30017 I wouldn't confuse 'em for the world. I take advantage of artistic license all the time. But there's a difference between artistic license and a sentence that's just plain wrong. I wouldn’t confuse ‘em for the world. I take advantage of artistic license all the time. But there’s a difference between artistic license and a sentence that’s just plain wrong.

]]> By: drinian http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/19/programmers-and-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-30012 drinian Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:23:11 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=830#comment-30012 I did not, but then again I was skimming quite quickly. Do not confuse English syntax errors with artistic license. If you want a precise human language, go speak Lojban, but don't expect Shakespeare to come out. I did not, but then again I was skimming quite quickly.

Do not confuse English syntax errors with artistic license. If you want a precise human language, go speak Lojban, but don’t expect Shakespeare to come out.

]]> By: Ed http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/19/programmers-and-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-29913 Ed Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:26:43 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=830#comment-29913 Yeap, noticed it first time. Although I'm not a programmer anymore I did it some years back. I guess it's a bit like riding a bike... Yeap, noticed it first time. Although I’m not a programmer anymore I did it some years back. I guess it’s a bit like riding a bike…

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/19/programmers-and-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-29888 Cyde Weys Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:28:05 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=830#comment-29888 Yeah, it was kind of forced. I figured it'd be too obvious if I just left off an end parenthesis in isolation, so I went for some totally unnatural nesting. Hey, it looks like it worked! Yeah, it was kind of forced. I figured it’d be too obvious if I just left off an end parenthesis in isolation, so I went for some totally unnatural nesting.

Hey, it looks like it worked!

]]> By: William (green) http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/19/programmers-and-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-29866 William (green) Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:45:57 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=830#comment-29866 I didn't notice any mismatches on my first run through, and on a second run through, I only see one. The bit with "(this is how compilers work)" feels pretty forced, so I'm guessing you added that in or reformatted it to demonstrate the point. As far as being a CS person... I don't really know how to answer that at this point. I'm kind of in-between "am" and "am not", at this point. I didn’t notice any mismatches on my first run through, and on a second run through, I only see one. The bit with “(this is how compilers work)” feels pretty forced, so I’m guessing you added that in or reformatted it to demonstrate the point.
As far as being a CS person… I don’t really know how to answer that at this point. I’m kind of in-between “am” and “am not”, at this point.

]]> By: Kelly Martin http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/06/19/programmers-and-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-29862 Kelly Martin Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:40:23 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=830#comment-29862 Nested parentheses should be used extremely rarely in writing. If you find yourself using them, you should seriously consider rewriting whatever it is that generated the apparent need for them. I realized some time ago that I abuse parentheticals in my writing, and have taken to editing them out, usually just by moving the parenthetical into the main text, as quite often my parentheticals do not deserve such second-rate treatment. While composing this reply, I started to write both clause ending the preceding sentence, and then this sentence, as parentheticals, before forcing myself to rewrite. Nested parentheses should be used extremely rarely in writing. If you find yourself using them, you should seriously consider rewriting whatever it is that generated the apparent need for them.

I realized some time ago that I abuse parentheticals in my writing, and have taken to editing them out, usually just by moving the parenthetical into the main text, as quite often my parentheticals do not deserve such second-rate treatment. While composing this reply, I started to write both clause ending the preceding sentence, and then this sentence, as parentheticals, before forcing myself to rewrite.

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