Comments on: The Changing Faces of “Present” and “Presentation” http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-changing-faces-of-present-and-presentation/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Dave Rissik http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-changing-faces-of-present-and-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-90963 Dave Rissik Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:13:53 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1784#comment-90963 Of course there is a further context in which "present" is used as a noun (now) or adjective, (happening or existing now) and which is frequently used interchangeably with the noun (current) and adjective (currently). Of course there is a further context in which “present” is used as a noun (now) or adjective, (happening or existing now) and which is frequently used interchangeably with the noun (current) and adjective (currently).

]]> By: Charlie http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-changing-faces-of-present-and-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-90805 Charlie Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:24:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1784#comment-90805 Grace S. Oh my goodness (she types as her face turns red). I just re-read what I had posted and you are right! I was unaware of doing that. I am on-line every day, and do a lot of e-mail. It looks like I am morphing into what I was talking about. Oops! Thank you for pointing that out. Grace S.
Oh my goodness (she types as her face turns red). I just re-read what I had posted and you are right! I was unaware of doing that. I am on-line every day, and do a lot of e-mail. It looks like I am morphing into what I was talking about. Oops!

Thank you for pointing that out.

]]> By: Grace S. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-changing-faces-of-present-and-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-90802 Grace S. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:11:36 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1784#comment-90802 Charlie (#3), I found it interesting that in speaking about dropping words, you dropped the subject from each of your sentences. I had a supervising teacher (in my student teaching days long ago) who occasionally made a point about this NOT being acceptable in writing (even personal letters, which we still wrote and sent via snail mail in those days), even though he'd allow it in conversation. He NEVER wrote, "Hope you're doing well." Of course, he had lovely penmanship, and the letter "I" was never a problem for him. There are times when, for clarity, even small words should not be dropped, especially from written communication when the reader does not have the added clues of pronunciation and inflection to discern meaning. In today's post above, I was not sure (because I hadn't heard PRESENT used to mean presentation) how to pronounce it until Maeve wrote out the pronunciation in context. Also, I wonder what Miss Manners would have to say about "Presentation Preferred" on wedding invitations! The concept sounds a bit unmannerly to me, as though the "invite" is being sent only so the "invitee" will bring a gift! I suppose I'm in a class with the mother-in-law mentioned above. Charlie (#3), I found it interesting that in speaking about dropping words, you dropped the subject from each of your sentences. I had a supervising teacher (in my student teaching days long ago) who occasionally made a point about this NOT being acceptable in writing (even personal letters, which we still wrote and sent via snail mail in those days), even though he’d allow it in conversation. He NEVER wrote, “Hope you’re doing well.” Of course, he had lovely penmanship, and the letter “I” was never a problem for him.

There are times when, for clarity, even small words should not be dropped, especially from written communication when the reader does not have the added clues of pronunciation and inflection to discern meaning. In today’s post above, I was not sure (because I hadn’t heard PRESENT used to mean presentation) how to pronounce it until Maeve wrote out the pronunciation in context.

Also, I wonder what Miss Manners would have to say about “Presentation Preferred” on wedding invitations! The concept sounds a bit unmannerly to me, as though the “invite” is being sent only so the “invitee” will bring a gift! I suppose I’m in a class with the mother-in-law mentioned above.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-changing-faces-of-present-and-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-90771 Charlie Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:46:32 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1784#comment-90771 Seems that the abbreviation madness that is standard in instant messaging is seeping into standard language. Seems along the lines of dropping words like 'the', 'an', and so on. Read about that somewhere and it made my eyes spin! How sad. (The abbreviating, not my eyes spinning.) Seems that the abbreviation madness that is standard in instant messaging is seeping into standard language. Seems along the lines of dropping words like ‘the’, ‘an’, and so on. Read about that somewhere and it made my eyes spin!
How sad. (The abbreviating, not my eyes spinning.)

]]> By: David http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-changing-faces-of-present-and-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-90754 David Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:49:42 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1784#comment-90754 An awful lot of changes are coming from the business and IT worlds. Three Letter Acronyms (or TLA as we like to say) abound. IN Microsoft we use TeleCon as in Dear Sir, Thank you for your Telecon of the 15th. Can mean Telephone Call or Tele Conference. Arrange any 3 letters in any order and someone will make up a technology to go with it. BTW - How many TLAs can you make out of the 26 letter alphabet??? An awful lot of changes are coming from the business and IT worlds. Three Letter Acronyms (or TLA as we like to say) abound. IN Microsoft we use TeleCon as in Dear Sir, Thank you for your Telecon of the 15th. Can mean Telephone Call or Tele Conference.

Arrange any 3 letters in any order and someone will make up a technology to go with it.

BTW – How many TLAs can you make out of the 26 letter alphabet???

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