tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1673285408726900583..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): So... is it The Beatles, or the Beatles ?Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-80308981620316672992020-03-10T21:43:36.475-05:002020-03-10T21:43:36.475-05:00"I have a MA in Modern English Language"..."I have a MA in Modern English Language" It's an MA, a masters. If it starts with a vowel SOUND, then it's "an"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-25735735967223294892020-02-28T08:30:42.268-06:002020-02-28T08:30:42.268-06:00Call me old fashioned but the English Oxford dicti...Call me old fashioned but the English Oxford dictionary doesn't list copyedit as a word, but does list copy edit or copy-edit. Even in this reply the word copyedit comes up as red underlined. But the other two don't. They are two separate words and it's just laziness putting them together. Add the space or the hyphen in already!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564866036897807863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-36658075069295035582016-02-13T16:44:07.058-06:002016-02-13T16:44:07.058-06:00see http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-...see http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-beatles/biographyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973319325848257715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-60694304511003856172015-06-18T17:17:44.478-05:002015-06-18T17:17:44.478-05:00What about The The? Or is it the The?What about The The? Or is it the The?Wolf Rayethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937514712588917161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73035474689836524992015-03-30T15:42:18.752-05:002015-03-30T15:42:18.752-05:00When cataloguing my music I list the groups as &qu...When cataloguing my music I list the groups as "Beachboys," "Beatles," or "Who." It would never occur to me to list them as "The Beachboys," "The Beatles," or "The Who" even though when speaking of them I might say their names either way. However, "Who" sounds strange without the "the." After all, you wouldn't say "Gladys Knight and Pips."Classof65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15620524862669295761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2145883640216289382014-06-05T07:09:55.374-05:002014-06-05T07:09:55.374-05:00"Never mind the serial comma. If you want to ..."Never mind the serial comma. If you want to see a group of copyeditors go toe to toe, ask them whether copyedit is one word or two. Chances are you’ll get two very strong opinions, neither side allowing that the other might have a reasonable argument. This particular issue has been discussed several times in the pages of the Copyediting newsletter. When the newsletter went from being Copy Editor to Copyediting in the October–November 2007 issue, then-editor Wendi Nichols decided to go with the one-word spelling rather than the two. She made her argument for it (subscribers can read it here) and gave space to those who favored leaving it as two words through the voice of Bill Walsh (subscribers can read it here). No matter which side of the argument you stand on, however, there’s a relevant point that we’re ignoring in our battle to be “right”: two words becoming one word is a natural, if messy, process. Writes Bryan Garner in Modern American Usage, “The normal process in modern English is for separate words used habitually to become hyphenated, then fused into a single word (e.g., to day became to-day in the 19th century and then today in the 20th).” Language evolves. Even copyeditors, correcting all their peeves to their hearts’ content, can’t stop language change any more than we can stop the ocean tide coming in..."<br /><br />More discussion at Copyediting -<br /><br />http://www.copyediting.com/copyediting-tip-week-i-say-copyedit-you-say-copy-editMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-37690832885969862952014-06-03T19:00:43.477-05:002014-06-03T19:00:43.477-05:00"copy editor" is one word ;-)"copy editor" is one word ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-66483006158529016552014-03-22T12:02:42.527-05:002014-03-22T12:02:42.527-05:00No one cares, MusicLover, except editors like me w...No one cares, MusicLover, except editors like me who are trying to find the right way to write it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-34661311603472636092013-03-31T15:50:52.415-05:002013-03-31T15:50:52.415-05:00The Beatles, Beatles, who really cares? They'r...The Beatles, Beatles, who really cares? They're still awesome.MusicLoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668674206839098819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-88507207351275905322013-01-30T21:16:14.451-06:002013-01-30T21:16:14.451-06:00Then again, the band's Twitter account (it'...Then again, the band's Twitter account (it's verified!) is @thebeatles.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.com