Susan, I have no time for nitpicking organisations no matter how many initials they have in their name. It is not up to them to tell anybody what sort of grammar should be used in their reports. In any event I believe them to be wrong - at least as far as English English is concerned.
My advice: ignore them, they might not go away but if they have nothing better to do, they should! Ron Ferguspn _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk *Over 650 Surnames from 11 Countries* View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:45:39 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Prepositions of In and At for locations I have been editing an RTF generated file (Descendants Book) from Legacy for the past month, and as I near the end, I am beginning to wonder how consistent I have been with my prepositions. Legacy's standard report is to use the preposition "in" - i.e. "Chris was born in Boston on 1 Aug 1901." The NEHGS released their 26 Sep 2007 free newsletter, with an article "Research Recommendations: Genealogical Writing: Prepositions." Their preference is for manuscripts to use the word "at" (except for cemeteries) although they say "in" is acceptible. Their example is "She died at Brighton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 15 March 1809 and was buried at Boston in King's Chapel Burying Ground." In my manuscript, I find I only use the preposition "at" for the residence event descriptions (which is automatic with Legacy sentence definition) and "in" for the event location (which is part of the code [InPlace]). What I am now faced with is where I used places like hospitals or cemeteries in my locations list, and didn't change the prepositions. I have kept "in" which I think is an accurate description (you are born in a hospital, not at it). But how can I globally change the use elsewhere by Legacy of its "in" prepositions to "at"? Is there any way? Well, at least the NEHGS says if you use "in" to at least keep it consistent. But I wonder if the use of "at" is more professional, and if so, should Legacy have that option? I don't mind off-list responses with your opinions, but I don't want to start a debate on list about which preposition is best! LOL! My questions which should be addressed on list are (1) is there a way to globally change the preposition of "in" to "at" in the Locations List, and (2) can Legacy have the option to use "at" instead of "in" in its "InPlace" definition and locations preposition list, if that is a more professional manuscript standard. Thank you, Susan _________________________________________________________________ 100’s of Music vouchers to be won with MSN Music https://www.musicmashup.co.uk Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
