h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi, Pattern-chaser

I'm just editing your entry on rights. I haven't done much to it, but if you want to have a look before I send it back to the editors, it's at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A670042



Danny B.

Hi Danny,

Sorry about the tardy reply. I get messages on my home page so infrequently that I don't check for them. It's only coincidence that I saw your post this quickly... Anyway, to business:

Thanks for doing a good job, and leaving the meaning of what I wrote intact. I can't see any changes except the movement of some text into footnotes, although I haven't compared it directly with my original.

The Entry could be better (can't they always? ), but any lack therein is mine, not yours. Thanks again.

Pattern-chaser

"Who cares, wins"

Me again! I just noticed this in the text:

"Any right you have over others follows from a duty ? it is the duty that gives you the right."

Should the question mark be there, as the text isn't a question? A comma or semi-colon would be more appropriate, don't you think? Just a minor observation, but one worth fixing, I think, before it's frozen for all eternity! Thanks again.

Pattern-chaser

"Who cares, wins"

Well spotted... although I'll claim that I would have noticed it myself before I sent it back to the editors...

I think it's probably a left-over en-dash that the text editor couldn't handle. Whatever - I'll change it!

Danny B.