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Jan 2, 2005 12:09 am
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I have Cindex set to ignore introductory prepositions and articles when sorting subentries. However, in my current index, I have several similar main entries,...
In Cindex you can use angle brackets to force the sort: Muscles of <the >face I agree with you it looks funny with all of those with "the" sorting in places...
Deborah Patton
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Jan 3, 2005 3:27 pm
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What would you all do with a name of a horse that is The Barking Shark. I think I should sort on The and not invert. What do you all think? Rae -- Rachel Rice,...
as a reader, I don't think I would look for this entry under T, I think I'd look under B. ... From: Rae To: indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
... It could be that people seriously into the horse-racing world would know the horse and look under T. If I were on this job, I think I'd put it under B but...
Rae, I agree with Melanie. Names of books, songs, etc., are usually NOT sorted under The even if they aren't inverted. Why do you want to put the race horse...
... Because his actual name is The Barking Shark. A race caller would say The Barking Shark is on the inside . . . entering the homestretch The Barking Shark...
... I don't see how that is any different than anything else that has "The" as part of the name. I would expect to find "The Iliad" under "I" and "The Barking...
I have to agree with Audrey. "The" is part of the actual name of all sorts of entities (books, rock bands, etc.), and we routinely ignore it in sorting. You...
... Yes. No, of course not, I'm suggesting that they might actually look under The because they think of the names of horses differently than indexers might. I...
... No, I wouldn't, and I agree in theory, but there's just something different that I can't really explain about the name of a racehorse. It's not just an...
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Candi Hyatt
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Jan 8, 2005 1:39 am
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I use Netfirms and happy with them. Rae -- Rachel Rice, M.A. Freelance indexing and editing * Brookline, Vermont USA http://www.rachelrice.com (Directions...
I have been doing some research for a web host also and the best resource I found was the reviews and recommendations was from www.cnet.com. There are quite a...
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Deborah Patton
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Jan 8, 2005 4:36 pm
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Has anyone had experience with sitesell.com? Meg [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
megcox@...
Jan 8, 2005 5:33 pm
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For my business website, I use a small ISP in Eastern Washington. I pay $200 per year, but I am happy to do it because the ISP is almost 100% reliable, the...
I'm looking at articles in the names of periodicals again. This index has L'Humanité L'Express Le Monde It really seems strange to invert these, especially...
megcox@...
Jan 10, 2005 2:53 am
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This is just my take on it. We usually enter The New York Times without inversion, but we alphabetize it in the N's. I'd do the same for these. The article is...
In a message dated 1/9/2005 10:19:39 PM Central Standard Time, ... My first reponse is that you're right, of course. But then gain, while we refer to the New...
megcox@...
Jan 10, 2005 4:22 am
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I have to agree with Judi. Foreign entries, such as names and titles of published works or films, are sorted just as English entries are by ignoring the...
OK, OK. Now I have to get out my French dictionary to find out the gender of some of these nouns. Meg [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
megcox@...
Jan 10, 2005 5:06 am
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And I can't imagine The New York Times ever being referred to as other than The New York Times. ~Judi ... From: megcox@... To:...
Pardon my ignorance, but why do you have to worry about the gender of these nouns. Just enter them as they are, but file them under H, E, and M. Maybe I'm...
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