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Critcal Acclaim?
Dominic Hanna, Photographer
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Bear | DE | United States | Posted: 10:40 PM on 08.20.07 |
->> As I was adding captions to the metafiles of some shots I took this weekend, when one horse's name shot out at me, Critical Acclaim. I added it to my SS sccount(#6) is anyone wants to look.
This may be all in my head but wasn't there a horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby a few years back by that name? If it is, he was running in a claiming race at Delaware Park over the weekend. I think they were asking $12000 for him if I remember the program correctly. |
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Jeff Mills, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Columbus | OH | USA | Posted: 12:40 PM on 08.21.07 |
->> Not to sound a nitpicky wiseguy, but you might want to correct the caption in your portfolio.
Unless the horse's name really was "Critical Accalim" ?
Spelling error's/typo's in captions can give a bad impression to potential clients/editors, especially if you happen to make the same error repeatedly in the caption.
I personally use Photo Mechanic for my captions as it has a spell check feature which is very handy as I'm one to make a bunch of dumb errors when I'm in a hurry.
I've been chewed out about it before and its always frustrating because its something that would of taken 2 seconds to correct. |
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Mark Sutton, Photographer
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Herndon | VA | USA | Posted: 12:51 PM on 08.21.07 |
| ->> I work with a guy who constantly spells "the" "teh" and "that" "taht". It drives me crazy because in this modern world we live in, a little spell check can't hurt. I for the life of me can't spell or remember phone numbers. I usually create my captions in Microsoft Word, because it has grammer check as well as spell check. Now watch, I probably spelled something wrong in this post. LOL |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 3:36 PM on 08.21.07 |
| ->> dominic, not wanting to pile on but as jeff pointed out, you need to check your spelling on stuff before posting it. I make a lot of typos myself and try and read through everything before posting but you have a LOT of spelling/typos on your member page. and you spelled "critical" wrong as the title of this thread. this doesn't help you with credibility. |
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James Madelin, Photographer
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AKL | Auckland | New Zealand | Posted: 9:29 PM on 08.22.07 |
->> You never apostraphise plurals, so your text should read:
"Spelling errors/ typos"
Poor spelling AND grammar count against us all.
For the record, you use an apostrophe for the following reasons:
1 - To denote propriety, eg "Jacqui's car", "The photo's size"
2 - If there is one or two missing letters, eg. "I've just arrived", Paul's gone", not for abbreviation.
There are exceptions :
1 - When "It" is used in a proprietary sense (see 1 above), it does not have an apostrophe eg. "When the cat jumped its legs moved"
2 - When pluralising a letter of the alphabet, you insert an apostrophe eg. "Phil was told to mind his p's and q's" or more applicable to this thread, "Don't forget to dot your i's and cross your t's"
Only TWO reasons and TWO exception rules! IT'S SO EASY ! |
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Gavin Ellis, Photographer
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Braintree | Essex | United Kingdom | Posted: 4:01 PM on 08.23.07 |
->> James - I think the correct spelling is 'apostrophize' or (in the UK) 'apostrophise' and not 'apostraphise'
---- Gavin |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 4:34 PM on 08.23.07 |
->> James-
Incorrect. You use an apostrophe for plural nouns ending in S.
"Three friends' letters"
However - yes Jeff improperly used it.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html
The apostrophe is actually one of the most confusing and underused punctuation mark.
DAMNIT JIM! I'm a photographer, not a dramaturge! |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 4:47 PM on 08.23.07 |
->> Back on topic...
Dominic- The name does sound familiar but I don't know why. He doesn't show up on any recent derby fields. Might you be thinking of Affirmed? (even though he ran back in the 70's.) |
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Jeff Mills, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Columbus | OH | USA | Posted: 4:50 PM on 08.23.07 |
->> Thank you James, but pointing out a correction in someone's professional portfolio they may show to clients and pointing out an error in an informal message board only read by our peers are rather different things don't you think ?
I only said something to Dominic because I felt it was helpful advise in making sure he puts his best foot forward portfolio wise, not to make him look foolish. |
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Eric Isaacs, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 5:21 PM on 08.23.07 |
->> "an informal message board only read by our peers"
I think you underestimate the breadth of SS readership.
I agree it's a service to point typos out to people, especially on a website, however email would be a better way to avoid embarrassment to the perpetrator of said typos :-)
EMI (very grateful for Firefox's built-in real time spellchecker) |
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Dave Amorde, Photographer
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Lake Forest | CA | USA | Posted: 7:01 PM on 08.23.07 |
->> I've posted this before, but I guess it bears repeating...
The Rules of Grammar
1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
8. Be more or less specific.
9. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than unnecessary; it is
highly superfluous.
14. One should never generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
16. Do not use no double negatives.
17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
18. One word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words
(however)
should be enclosed in commas.
22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.
23. Kill all exclamation points!!!
24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
25. Profanity is for assholes.
26. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth
shattering ideas.
27. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not
needed.
28. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate
quotations. Tell me what you know."
29. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist
hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it effectively.
30. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
31. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
32. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
33. Who needs rhetorical questions?
34. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
And finally:
35. Proof read carefully to see if you any words out. |
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Kristopher Wilson, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Liverpool | NY | USA | Posted: 7:15 PM on 08.23.07 |
| ->> Wow, I just got to the bottom of this thread and I gotta tell ya, I really can't remember what it started off about. Hmph... |
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