Re: sub species aeternitatis

Ed Cryer wrote on 16 mrt 2008 in alt.language.latin:

>> The problem is the somewhat crazy English habit
>> of separate words into smaller parts.
>>
>> Google tries to reconstruct the original,
>> by allowing "sub species"
>> to make hits on "subspecies".
>>
>> You could say it is a mistake of Google,
>> but the problem is in the above habit.
>>
> 
> Google asks "Did you mean xxxxxxxxxx?" and then, usually,  goes on to 
> give hits for the string you've entered.

Only if it suspects a mistake. 
The above category is not in that class, they think, methinks.

> But in this case it asks the question, and lists hits for that question.

Sometimes it askes and corrects at the same time.

> I figure that's wrong. It should list hits for what you've entered.

Since when Google listens to reason in stead of to the majority of users?

Erare humanum, sponte et iniussu corrigere disputandum.


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