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Re: Star Wars change: Change to "Y-Wing"
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lugnet.admin.database
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Fri, 7 May 1999 06:11:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (Joshua Delahunty)
writes:
> Per the Shop at Home catalog, and the official reference at
> http://www.starwars.com/vehicles/y-wing/
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> I've changed "Y-Wing" to "Y-wing"
Ahh, good work!
> "TIE Fighter" / "TIE fighter" is tougher to gauge, as both
> www.starwars.com and the S@H catalog seem to have inconsistencies here.
> It almost seems that for singular, the proper usage is "TIE Fighter",
> and plural is "TIE fighters".
Hmm, probably because when it's singular it's most apt to appear in a title, as
in "TIE Fighter" being the name, whereas when it's plural it's most apt to
appear as an adjective-noun pair?
> However, even www.starwars.com uses "TIE Fighter" as the title, then
> "TIE fighter" in text. I let S@H be the final word on that one.
Okie dokie. Good work!
--Todd
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| Per the Shop at Home catalog, and the official reference at (URL) changed "Y-Wing" to "Y-wing" "TIE Fighter" / "TIE fighter" is tougher to gauge, as both www.starwars.com and the S@H catalog seem to have inconsistencies here. It almost seems that (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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