Reid, I think those questions can be resolved just by testing several examp les.
Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA
On Friday, April 17, 2009, <FujiFish1@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Reid,
> As far as I know, the search engine is not capital or lower case specific
> ... so words typed in either form should yield the same results. The (
and)
> can begin capitalized, or be all capitals or lower case. Unfortunat
ely,
> that's about as much as I know. But perhaps some others that are a
bit more
> archive savvy than I, can answer the second question, which someone el
se
> just asked too. The other persons question was forwarded to Dale, a
s he
> might know. Thanks for the note about singular vs. plural too.
>
> Ciao,
> Mark Agree
> Southfield MI USA
> ~ ~ ~
>
> In a message dated 4/17/2009 3:48:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> reidfisher@hotmail.com writes:
>
> Mark,
> Thank you for so diplomatically posting the helpful suggestion about u
sing
> the archives, and using a subject line that allows users to find your
> suggestions! I"m a search novice, with
>
> A comment: it helps to make search terms singular ("tubular" catche
s more
> than "tubulars")
>
> A question: does the "and" need to be in caps? I had just finished
with
> searching another site where "and" and "or" need to be capitalized, am
not
> clear about this site.
>
> A question: can wild cards be used? Example: "tub*" would cat
ch those
> folks talking about tubbies or however they spell it. "Camp*" catch
es
> Campy, Campag and Campagnolo.
>
> Reid Fisher
> searching, searching in
> San Martin, California
>
>
>
>
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