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From: "Elizabeth Shown Mills" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] genealogy definitions
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 20:28:38 -0600
In-Reply-To: <091101c850b1$b7eac8f0$2101a8c0@CEB>
>A professional genealogist is one who earns part or all of their livelihood
from the practice of some aspect of genealogy.
>A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) is one with
an interest in genealogy in some area, who has paid their dues
Carolyn:
"A" is singular. "One" is singular. "Their" is plural. In defining the
genealogical librarian, you avoided this problem by making the term plural
...
"Professional librarians are those ...
There's another problem with syntax in this definition ...
>A house historian is a practitioner of genealogy and/or history in which
one
specializes in researching the history of a building and of the people who
were involved with that building. Specialized skills include . . .
It could be fixed by changing "in which one" to "who." I'd also suggest
tweaking the last part of the first sentence to include a third aspect
covered by most house historians I know--and simultaneously tighten the
verbiage.
>A house historian is a practitioner of genealogy and history who
specializes in researching the history of a building, its builders, and the
individuals who occupied it.
Elizabeth
(Once an editor, always an editor :)
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