Re: the in captions?

[Max Wyss <prodok -at- PRODOK -dot- CH>]

Janice,

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.


Max Wyss
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>
>Keep in mind that we are talking about a figure caption, not about
>running text that depends on context. The fact that the text is a
>figure caption *is* the context. I don't see any way that "Figure 1.
>File dialog" could refer to any other File dialog box than the one that
>is illustrated in the figure.
>
>And if there are various sorts of File dialog boxes, how does
>the word "the" add any more information about which one is being
>illustrated? You still need better descriptors in that case
>(e.g., "Open File dialog box," "Save File dialog box").
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