Since in some views and reports, you don't get the Sentence but more a list
style, I'd suggest you change the Default sentence and leave words such as
"as a" in the Sentence rather than th Description. Take a look at the
Chronology View where events are Listed - Date - Event Name - Place -
Description - followed by Notes if you've chosen to include them
It needs to make some sense both ways.
Cathy
At 08:57 PM 8/07/2005, you wrote:
I should have looked at my event definition first - I did not change at
all. Mine read: "He served in the military as a private with the United
States Army" or "He served in the military as a Captain with the United
States Navy". If you have no detail perhaps: "He served in the military as
a member of the uniformed services during World War I" It is also best
to spell everything out as there are many individuals who have service
with foreign services such as the Royal Flying Corps (England), Canadian
Flying Corps I, etc. in WWII or perhaps the foreign brigades in Spain
during their Civil War. My wife has an English ancestor who served as a
Lt. with the German army in the early 1800s. To avoid any confusion always
spell everything out.
Tom........
----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field
Thanks for responding, Tom. I should have noted that the event
sentence definition is:
"[HeShe] served in the military [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes]"
Perhaps I should simply remove "in the Military" then from the default
so it will read as you describe below?
Susan
On 7/7/05, Tom Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why not say he "served as a private with the United States Army"? You
can word it anyway you like to make it read properly (I may have made a
slight modification to the event default, can't remember). If it is a
Civil War service, and I know the unit, I might record "served as a
sergeant with Company C, Third Louisiana Infantry Regiment, Confederate
Army". Other services and units have similar situations and same type of
wording can be used for any conflict.
Tom M.....
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