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[semperfiona]

It hurts my grammar-nazi brain that, according to two change requests I've received, the corporate standards for our software enforce improper capitalization. And since when has "Non" ever been a word? I am instructed to:

• In "Current Week to Date (Sun Start)", capitalize "to".
• In "Both Incoming and Outgoing", capitalize "and".
• In "Skip in Workflow Mode", capitalize "in".
• In "Resource (Non-screen) Tasks", remove the hyphen (in favor of a space, presumably) and then capitalize "Screen".

Comments

[lorelei-o.livejournal.com]

People with too few brain cells and too much time should never be given authority to make decisions greater than, "Should I buy wheat bread or white?"

[ohari.livejournal.com]

there's more than one kind of bread?

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

Yes, wheat bread and something apparently made out of rice, barley, or some other white grain, since it ain't wheat...

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

I don't think I would be able to parse "Resource (Non Screen) Tasks" at all if it were presented to me without context, whereas I can get some sense out of the original. Maybe the reason I'm a pedant is that I lack the imagination to figure out what on earth people are talking about when they use grammar incorrectly...

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Sheesh.