Re: [Gimp-web] Clarification on site title
Pat David <[email protected]>
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Sorry, I should have clarified better. Patrick is right, should it be: "The GNU Image Manipulation Program" or "GNU Image Manipulation Program" ? On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 7:21 PM Patrick B. Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > * 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 > _______________________________________________ > gimp-web-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-web-list >