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Mar 2, 2005 3:01 am
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Hi all! This is weird...I have events in my current book involving people who accidently drown. What is or is there a noun for people who drown? (I've looked...
Candi Hyatt
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Mar 3, 2005 7:43 pm
2021
drownings seems fine to me accidental drownings drownings, accidental drowning victims victims, accidental drowning (or just drowning) accidents, drowning Any...
Hi Candi, The CDC has statistics for "drownings", and my dictionary (just a Webster's, I can't seem to get into the OED Online today or I would check there...
"Drowning" is in the OED; the nearest to the sense you want is "1862 Shirley Nugæ Crit. xi. 474 The hangings, and burnings, and drownings, and Bartholomew...
Thanks to everyone on the "drownings" issue. I think I'm overthinking it and all my dictionaries were giving me verbs forms or "not a word". Thanks!!! Candi ...
Candi Hyatt
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Mar 3, 2005 11:54 pm
2026
Drownings would do. I wouldn't think you'd need drownings, accidental Aren't drownings by definition accidental? At least most of the time. ~Judi Gibbs ... ...
My original entry was drownings and now will stay that way, but actually they could be suicidal or murderous. Murderous Drownings...sounds like a good story. I...
Candi Hyatt
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Mar 4, 2005 1:00 am
2028
I'd probably use drowning, or perhaps drownings. Depends on context. WRT accidental drownings--the technical writer in me tends to remove all unnecessary...
I was looking for something to help me do embedded indexing more quickly and came upon the following site: http://www.editorium.com/DEXter.htm The main site...
If you already have professional indexing software you should also look at www.wordembed.jalamb.com Regards James -- James A Lamb Accredited Indexer ...
Jack Lyon of the Editorium has written several programs to help with online editing that copyeditors seem to like. (Mentioned off and on at Freelance-L) I...
Hi Joann, I just finished an article for Key Words that should be published in the next issue titled: "Digging in for the long haul: how to get a handle on all...
Hello Group, Does anyone know of any discounts available for taking the USDA Indexing courses? As far as I can see from the USDA's website, the Basic and...
Hi all, Did anyone else get the message that I have copied below? This is the first time I have ever received one like this! Bobbi Hi, I wish to take this...
... This sounds like something Dick discussed having gotten a few months ago, on Index-L. Sounds like they are recruiting...not for indexers to work for them,...
I have done a fair amount of research on this. I think some publishers might "bite" on an offer. BUT. Publishers quickly discovered that software-generated...
... It may not be that bad. The group that contacted me weren't indexing anything a human being would want to index. They were scanning and tabulating reams of...
I'm working with an editor and author who are unfamiliar with indexing. They also had me index the foreward and introduction to the book. I italicized these...
Candi Hyatt
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Mar 10, 2005 9:19 pm
2042
... I agree with the author. I see no reason to italicize the foreword locators, anyway. -*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*— Ed Rush ...
I am glad Ed replied before I did. I was a little confused about the fact that you italicized the foreward locaters in the first place, I have never heard of,...
Every review I've ever had I've been told they should be italicized. Roman numerals italicized - although I've never read this anywhere, so unfortunately, I ...
Candi Hyatt
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Mar 10, 2005 9:48 pm
2045
... The reason for italicizing page numbers is to indicate that they are special: that there is an illustration, or table, or something about them that the...
I've just checked 5 indexes in my library with roman numerals: None were italicized. Perhaps someone got confused about italicizing "foreign" terms [a numeral...
I'm trying to avoid buying Microsoft Office 2003, but I have the occasional embedded index in Word to deal with. I have the open source office suite called...
Hello all, I am considering a move from one part of the country to another (from Massachusetts to Florida) and I'm wondering if this will have any affect on my...
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