Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:52:25 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>, doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does this need emphasis? Message-ID: <20040213175225.GB1952@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20040213154209.GA5309@eborcom.com> References: <20040211193131.GH8821@submonkey.net> <20040213120713.GE59222@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20040213154209.GA5309@eborcom.com>
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--WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:42:09PM +0000, Tom Hukins wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:07:13PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:31:31PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > <para><emphasis>PXE</emphasis>: The &intel; Preboot Execu= tion > > > Environment system is a form of smart boot ROM built in= to some > > > networking cards or motherboards. See &man.pxeboot.8; = for more > > > details.</para> > > >=20 > > > I think that the emphasis markup here is extraneous. Does anybody mi= nd > > > if I get rid of it? > >=20 > > Nope. <acronym> might be a better choice. >=20 > A minor point: Technically, this is an abbreviation, not an acronym, > as each letter in PXE is pronounced individually. Therefore, <abbrev> > might be a better choice. You want pedantic, you go it. According to my reading of the duck book, <acronym> would be more appropriate. It says: Abbrev An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period. Acronym An _often_ pronounceable word made from the initial (or=20 selected) letters of a name or phrase. [emphasis mine] By this definition, PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) is clearly an=20 acronym. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFALQ7YXY6L6fI4GtQRAiePAJ9I4W7gAlWEACQoJQ/RUUNDksqOOQCgySls Gk2G5Fnd4T4dOnz7f101Ahc= =eqSw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd--
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