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MAJ USA RET
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 10:07:51 AM (updated 9/12/2013 10:14:57 AM)
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Please note - - the posting function on this forum changes all capital "i" to lowercase. i have been working all morning on this and edited my work more than six times on two different computers, using two different browsers and two different word processing programs... and ALSO edited text on the screen. The following are ALL capital i typed in this box: i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
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i am an author. www.mrandolphmason.com *
Spellchucker (sic) is both a blessing and a curse! it did not like “spellchucker” and told me so. But, it doesn’t know the difference between there, they’re, and their… or plain versus plane… or vane versus vain. it will not tell you that you meant “because” when you used “since.”
The completed manuscript of my first book was edited by the publisher. i hope his editor will pass English 101 when he gets to his freshman year. The editor sent me unsolicited glowing praise… nice but i wish he had copy edited the book… or, if he did, he should have been sent to look for a different job.
The second book’s completed manuscript was edited by three of my educated friends in hard copy with red pens before i sent it to my NEW publisher. i am assuming it went through his editor. BUT, i have found a couple of spelling errors and some double punctuation that slipped through the system. A writer usually cannot edit his or her own work. Even good friends cannot edit his manuscript.
As for the word completion function on my cell phone… a cute little waitress at Niffer’s turned that function off for me.
(* i do not hide behind nor need anonymity on this forum)
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MAJ USA RET
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 10:44:48 AM (updated 9/12/2013 10:45:43 AM)
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I test
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Mike Hunt
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I don't have that problem
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9/12/2013 10:50:54 AM
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I don't have the lower case I problem.
If it was happening to lifer I would say it was because the little I signified his little brain.
Your impressive works, prohibit me from saying that in your case. That is especially true with regard to the washtub base.
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MAJ USA RET
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 10:57:08 AM (updated 9/12/2013 10:58:09 AM)
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I I I I I
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MAJ USA RET
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I don't have that problem
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9/12/2013 11:02:04 AM
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You covet my washtub base? I have specially aged that puppy. Do you KNOW how hard it is to find COTTON clothes-line rope these days? - Oh my!
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LoveCamping
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My thoughts but WEBMASTER would have to confirm
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9/12/2013 11:03:36 AM
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Maj,
In this string, you did 2 posts. The first had upper case converted to lower, the second one did not. My thought is that cutting and pasting between the forum page to say word and back again will change the font style. Case in point, if you cut text from your first post into a word document, then highlight the text you will notice the font style is Arial Narrow. If you cut text from the second post and do the same in word you will notice the font style is Veranda.
Computers are funny things and Webby will have to confirm if the application is getting hosed up on storing case to the database because of the font style.
I suspect when you paste it back in before you hit the 'Post" button it looks fine but when you view it afterwards uppers have been converted to lowers.... Computer systems are funny things and users do things that testers don't think of so software defects sometimes do show up from time to time.
Sounds like Hodgy is an IT guru. Maybe he can tell us what the problem is?
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buffalo
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 11:19:37 AM
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Looked at your bio from your web site and as a Canoe U grad I feel your Dad's pain on your career path. Such fine lineage too.
Go Navy!
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MAJ USA RET
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My career path
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9/12/2013 11:32:54 AM
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...was chosen in 1968 by my friends, neighbors, and the president of the United States... in a special letter sent to me. I must confess, I chose to stay and make something of it.
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MAJ USA RET
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 11:33:44 AM (updated 9/12/2013 11:35:00 AM)
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MAJ USA RET
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Single vs Multiple Font Posts
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9/12/2013 11:38:29 AM
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That seems to be the answer. I have not clipped to quote from the forum. BUT, I did compose and edit this in Microsoft Word… and cut and pasted it into the forum. Single font versus multiple font issues!
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muddauber
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Single vs Multiple Font Posts
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9/12/2013 1:51:14 PM
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If one copies something from the net or email, copy and paste from source into Notepad first, then copy and paste here to remove all html format(web page codes) and the coding in the background of ms word from your source. Or in your case, just use Notepad to write in then copy and paste into Bruce's editor.
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Webmaster
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 2:25:35 PM
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Muddauber is correct in that it is better to either type directly into the RTE field or copy from notepad. When you copy from Word or another rich text editor (or web page) you pick up formatting meta-data that can cause problems. What you see with the capitalization changes are replacements the system does when it detects certain key words that people might use to attack the system. Unfortunately the replacement does not discriminate against case and replaces with all lower-case characters.
BP
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lakngulf
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 2:48:20 PM
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Oh No, BigFoot, they are talking "meta-data" now. Any idea what that is?
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Mike Hunt
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I don't have that problem
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9/12/2013 3:35:16 PM
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Have you ever jammed with the 280 Band?
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George
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WOW, I feel smarter now.
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9/12/2013 3:46:22 PM
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And all this time I thought half of you can't spell and the other half can't type :-)
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LoveCamping
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I think meta-data is-
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9/12/2013 4:02:08 PM (updated 9/12/2013 4:05:54 PM)
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-some sort of French cheese. I quit eating anything French back in 2003 when they renamed French fries to Freedom fries. So I couldn't tell you what it tastes like Lake-N-Gulf.
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BigFoot
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/12/2013 8:51:05 PM
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No...but obviously you do since you invented the term in your previous post...but at least I now know why my Cap I's have been demoted to lower case when I used cut/past from MS Word.....about the time I think I be gettin' smart, everything changes and I be dumb again....it's a jungle out there!
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Summer Place
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/13/2013 10:25:45 PM
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Lake-in-gulf, I think they are talking about some type of maters in your mater patch..
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DJ
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Grammar and Puntuation
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9/14/2013 7:25:53 AM
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Have you tried to copy and paste into word using the "paste special" function? There are several ways to paste into the word document.
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MAJ USA RET
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Paste Special
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9/14/2013 8:55:27 AM
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“Have you tried to
copy and paste into word using the "paste special" function? There
are several ways to paste into the word document.”
Okay…
I’m trying the “paste special” and I am using multiple fonts.
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MAJ USA RET
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Paste Special
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9/14/2013 9:01:33 AM
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Well... THAT worked okay. This one is done in Notepad per the previous suggestion. HOWEVER, there is no spell chucker in Notepad... and ALL curmudgeons need spell chucker.
Text came through... font did not (curmudgeons need larger and bolder fonts). Good news: spell chucker is activated here in the forum message box.
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DJ
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Paste Special
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9/14/2013 9:44:22 PM
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:)
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