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Subject:Re: Use of the word "the" in figure captions From:George Mena <George -dot- Mena -at- ESSTECH -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 13 Jul 1998 11:39:22 -0700
Some examples below, followed by a bit of wisdom from the School of
Hard Knocks:
From "A Simple Approach to Digital Signal Processing", Marven and Ewers,
published 1996 by Wiley Interscience with Texas Instruments (ISBN
0-471-15243-9):
Figure 1.1, p.3: The digital signal processing system
Figure 1.2, p. 9: Architecture of the IAS computer -- showing common
program (instruction) and data memory
Figure 1.3, p. 12: Simplified block diagram of the TMS32010 -- showinng
the separate program and data memory areas of a Harvard architecture
Figure 3.26, p.50: The complete analog to digital conversion process
And now, wisdom: Let us attend!
Who signs your time card? :D
George Mena
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katherin King [SMTP:kking -at- BROOKTROUT -dot- COM]
> Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 7:07 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Use of the word "the" in figure captions
>
> There's a difference of opinion between myself and my supervisor over
> the use of the word "The" in figure captions, as in "The such-and-such
> dialog box." He wants the word "the" removed, I think it should stay.
