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There's no 'e' in Haussmannian

wizwiz Posts: 1,100
edited September 2018 in The Commons

But there are three 'n's. The HBOT ad copy misspells it twice, but the "what's included" list has it spelled correctly, so there is hope that it's correct in the actual product.

I've noticed a marked decrease in the quality of the copywriting at DAZ. An ad with corrrect spelling and punctuation is a rarity, when it should be the rule.

"The King's son is a Heroic young teen character..." Adjectives are rarely capitalized. An age may be "Heroic" but a person, even a King's son, is "heroic". 

Oxford commas are a "thing", but are neglected constantly in ad copy lately.

And don't get me started with this forum, which uses a spell-checking plugin that is arduous, at best, and fatal, at worst. I do not exaggerate: I am retyping this because the spellchecker is hung in the window with my first version, which is now "poofed". 

Oh, and if the spellchecker does hang, if you close the tab and then do an "undo close tab" in Firefox, you still lose the entire body of your message, but you at least get to save the subject line. frown

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,795
    wiz said:

    But there are three 'n's. The HBOT ad copy misspells it twice, but the "what's included" list has it spelled correctly, so there is hope that it's correct in the actual product.

    I've noticed a marked decrease in the quality of the copywriting at DAZ. An ad with corrrect spelling and punctuation is a rarity, when it should be the rule.

    "The King's son is a Heroic young teen character..." Adjectives are rarely capitalized. An age may be "Heroic" but a person, even a King's son, is "heroic". 

    Oxford commas are a "thing", but are neglected constantly in ad copy lately.

    And don't get me started with this forum, which uses a spell-checking plugin that is arduous, at best, and fatal, at worst. I do not exaggerate: I am retyping this because the spellchecker is hung in the window with my first version, which is now "poofed". 

    Oh, and if the spellchecker does hang, if you close the tab and then do an "undo close tab" in Firefox, you still lose the entire body of your message, but you at least get to save the subject line. frown

    I think it's the iPhone autocorrect doing it. It does it too me all the time & it's so stupid. Even German doesn't capitalize so many words.

  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,802

    Oh me, oh my.   :o

    I'm be happy to overlook a few typos if they bother to actually describe the product and it's features rather than just say "______ for Genesis 8". Also remember that many PAs do not speak English as a first language and I don't know for sure if DAZ staff has any direct input in their product descriptions.

  • Noah LGPNoah LGP Posts: 2,617

    Don't worry, be happy !

    • HBOT Haussmann Apartment.duf
  • 3WC3WC Posts: 1,145

    :P Hope this helps:

     

    Spelling is a need

    That modern writers rarely heed.

    I hope these rhymes may lead

    To planting proper spelling’s seed.

     

    It messes with one’s head

    That read’s past tense is read,

    And though it’s said as red,

    It’s spelled as read, instead.

     

    Bullets are made of lead.

    They can shoot you in the head.

    But I wish I were dead

    Whenever you use lead for led.

     

    Oft’ in days of yore

    We’d contract you are as you’re.

    But if it’s spelled as your,

    What follows belongs to one or more:

     

    “You’re going to the store?”

    “Yes, I’m headed out the door.”

    “Your going to the store

    Without a list may leave you poor.”

     

    To spell as well as professionals do,

    We must differentiate too and to.

    We need to have a clever clue:

    Have I too many o’s or too few?

     

    T and O wanted to go to the store.

    O’s twin tagged along too, that’s more.

    T said, “Two O’s is too many, that’s sure.”

    Next time, only T and O went to the store.

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,288

    Lead Zeppelin isn't goint to work either.

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