Timeline for fixedpoint or fixed point or fixed-point
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2022 at 19:47 | comment | added | LSpice | Agglutination can go overboard (I saw "euclideanspace" recently), but new usage is always excessive until it's inevitable. I tried for a while to resist "semisimple", but someone studying reductive groups can only write "semi-simple" for so long. | |
| May 23, 2013 at 11:06 | comment | added | HJRW | +1 for 'Fixedpoint is ugly (never use it)', though. | |
| May 23, 2013 at 11:05 | comment | added | HJRW | As noted above, this is very nearly correct but not quite. (Acknowledging Yuichiro's objections, let me modify that as follows: this advice will lead to unnecessary hyphenation in certain cases, and many writers regard hyphenation as ugly and to be used sparingly.) Ambiguity is only a problem when the adjectival phrase is a noun phrase; if it isn't, the hyphenation shouldn't be necessary. The '-ly' exception is trying to get at this, but is really just an ugly hack that doesn't quite get at the underlying point. 'Well tempered clavier' is a nice example. | |
| May 22, 2013 at 14:41 | comment | added | Yuichiro Fujiwara | @Lubin There's no such thing as right or wrong in language. If you feel native speakers get something "wrong" too often, it's either that a significant minority speaks/writes in a way you don't like or that it's your language use that is different from the norm. This is how descriptive grammar works. Of course, if you're talking about a specific "style," there is the right way. But then, whether the writer is a native speaker doesn't matter. Anyone can adopt any standard style. | |
| May 22, 2013 at 13:19 | comment | added | Lubin | This is exactly right. Even native speakers get it wrong all too often. | |
| May 22, 2013 at 13:09 | comment | added | Rabee Tourky | So the answer originally began as follows. If $(F_1,F_2)$ is an ordered pair modifying the noun $N$, then we write $F_1-F_2$ $N$. But then I thought that was being too cute, so I cut and pasted... | |
| May 22, 2013 at 11:45 | comment | added | Emil Jeřábek | Except that you should really do as you say and use a hyphen (fixed-point, U+002D, TeX: -), not a minus sign (fixed−point, U+2212, TeX: dollar-dollar). | |
| May 22, 2013 at 11:17 | vote | accept | Joachim Breitner | ||
| May 22, 2013 at 11:16 | history | answered | Rabee Tourky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |