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Describes the standardized practices, grammar, and vocabulary for product data.
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Delicate Curve vs. Delicately Curved vs. Delicate Curved #54

Closed sklar-careym closed 10 years ago

sklar-careym commented 10 years ago

Which one is grammatically correct, and acceptable?

sklar-careym commented 10 years ago

or is it best to just stick with "slightly" curved, and do they mean the same thing in this context?

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

I think it's more likely that you're encountering products that are Curved and have delicate tips, delicate working surface style, or delicate pattern. I recall talking to you about this face-to-face, and the examples I saw appeared to be Curved with a Delicate pattern.

If you can remember what specific SKUs had that then we can check on an individual basis. Until we find an example where the word "delicate" definitely describes curvature we will operate under the assumption that the three phrases in the issue title are all typos of some form.

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

Shall I indicate that "Delicate" should not be reflected in the Curvature field and that it should only be reflected in Tip End Style Working Surface Style or Pattern fields?

I don't believe I have ever indicated "Delicate" in Curvature

The guide currently reflects "Slightly Curved" as an option for Curvature

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

I have never encountered a product where "Delicate" seemed to describe the curvature in any way.

Why specify that "Delicate" should not be reflected in Curvature? If we saw a product that had Lightweight in the Curvature field would we feel the need to use our style guide to specify that Lightweight didn't belong there?

This "Delicate Curved" business seems like an isolated set of typos; not a pervasive problem.

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

I think if I saw "lightweight" in the Curvature field I would be confused, so yes, I believe that referencing the style guide for clarification would be warranted. Isnt that part of the purpose of having the style guide?

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

But you would be confused if you saw "Pickle" in the Curvature field, too. It doesn't seem practical to clarify every possible misunderstanding; we have to draw the line somewhere.

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

@sklar-careym @mwmalinowski

So, this issue can be closed then, correct?