Re: [Gimp-web] Clarification on site title
"Patrick B. Shanahan" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.video.gimp.web |
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| Organization | Ptilopteri in Pandemonium |
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* Marco Ciampa <[email protected]> [08-20-15 20:18]: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 09:33:54PM +0000, Pat David wrote: > > drc mentioned on irc the other day that the title should read just "GNU > > Image Manipulation Program". > > > > Our current site has this same text in the header, but the TITLE attribute > > for the page lists it as: > > > > "GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program" > > > > Which one is semantically correct? Failing a correctness test with > > semantics, which is the preferred title? With/without "The"? > > my 2 euro cent: > > They always told me to not use the article, as it is incorrect for > acronyms. > > For instance you do not say: the U.S.A. or the I.B.M. re: his question, he is not, "the GIMP", but "The GNU..." And I cannot say using "The" is incorrect as I believe it is correct both ways, with or without. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net