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Subject:Re: the in captions? From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:24:05 -0700
Max Wyss wrote:
>
> Agreed, if there are several File dialog boxes the "the" does not get much
> more specific. However, the "File dialog box" would stand for "A File
> dialog box", where I understand it to be an example for a File dialog box,
> and where it does not matter that much whether the illustration completely
> fits the description in the surrounding text.
>
> The caption text is the context for the illustration, but it still depends
> on the context where the illustration (with the caption) is placed within
> the document.
>
I still don't understand the distinction here -- what makes
"The File dialog box" more distinct than "File dialog box"
when both are appearing as a caption directly under the
illustration of a file dialog box? What would the
surrounding text have in it that would make a difference?
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