Talk:Constant structure: Difference between revisions

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--[[User:Frostburn|Frostburn]] ([[User talk:Frostburn|talk]]) 15:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

== “has” vs. “is” ==

The current version of the page uses two variations: “have/has constant structure” and “is a constant structure”. (See the [[Talk:Constant_structure/WikispacesArchive#.2A.2Ato_have.2A.2A_v.s_.2A.2Ato_be.2A.2A_a_constant_structure|previous discussion]] from the Wikispaces archive.)

Erv Wilson's original papers tended to mention only “constant structures” (plural noun), and the Yahoo tuning list entries cited in the [[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/c/constant-structure.aspx|Tonalsoft entry]] on constant structures consistently use “is”, with or without an article (“is/was a constant structure” or “is CS”). As far as I can tell, “has constant structure” is a neologism created in the Wikispaces entry.

The only Google results I see for [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22has+constant+structure%22 "has constant structure"] and [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22have+constant+structure%22 "have constant structure"] are a couple of pages on this wiki, the phrase “you can have constant-structure 17 and 19-limit otonal scales” in the Yahoo tuning list [https://robertinventor.com/tuning-math/frame.html?s___9/msg_8250-8274.html&8271 message 8271], and a bunch of mathematical and chemical contexts that have nothing to do with the use of the phrase in the context of Xenharmonic music.

So I'm going to resolve this inconsistency by changing this article to consistently use “is”.

--[[User:Bcmills|Bcmills]] ([[User talk:Bcmills|talk]]) 13:18, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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 --[[User:Frostburn|Frostburn]] ([[User talk:Frostburn|talk]]) 15:24, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
+== “has” vs. “is” ==
+The current version of the page uses two variations: “have/has constant structure” and “is a constant structure”. (See the [[Talk:Constant_structure/WikispacesArchive#.2A.2Ato_have.2A.2A_v.s_.2A.2Ato_be.2A.2A_a_constant_structure|previous discussion]] from the Wikispaces archive.)
+Erv Wilson's original papers tended to mention only “constant structures” (plural noun), and the Yahoo tuning list entries cited in the [[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/c/constant-structure.aspx|Tonalsoft entry]] on constant structures consistently use “is”, with or without an article (“is/was a constant structure” or “is CS”). As far as I can tell, “has constant structure” is a neologism created in the Wikispaces entry.
+The only Google results I see for [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22has+constant+structure%22 "has constant structure"] and [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22have+constant+structure%22 "have constant structure"] are a couple of pages on this wiki, the phrase “you can have constant-structure 17 and 19-limit otonal scales” in the Yahoo tuning list [https://robertinventor.com/tuning-math/frame.html?s___9/msg_8250-8274.html&8271 message 8271], and a bunch of mathematical and chemical contexts that have nothing to do with the use of the phrase in the context of Xenharmonic music.
+So I'm going to resolve this inconsistency by changing this article to consistently use “is”.
+--[[User:Bcmills|Bcmills]] ([[User talk:Bcmills|talk]]) 13:18, 6 May 2024 (UTC)