CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FAT-FINGER
PRESENT
Present
I fat-finger
you fat-finger
he/she/it fat-fingers
we fat-finger
you fat-finger
they fat-finger
Present continuous
I am fat-fingering
you are fat-fingering
he/she/it is fat-fingering
we are fat-fingering
you are fat-fingering
they are fat-fingering
Present perfect
I have fat-fingered
you have fat-fingered
he/she/it has fat-fingered
we have fat-fingered
you have fat-fingered
they have fat-fingered
Present perfect continuous
I have been fat-fingering
you have been fat-fingering
he/she/it has been fat-fingering
we have been fat-fingering
you have been fat-fingering
they have been fat-fingering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I fat-fingered
you fat-fingered
he/she/it fat-fingered
we fat-fingered
you fat-fingered
they fat-fingered
Past continuous
I was fat-fingering
you were fat-fingering
he/she/it was fat-fingering
we were fat-fingering
you were fat-fingering
they were fat-fingering
Past perfect
I had fat-fingered
you had fat-fingered
he/she/it had fat-fingered
we had fat-fingered
you had fat-fingered
they had fat-fingered
Past perfect continuous
I had been fat-fingering
you had been fat-fingering
he/she/it had been fat-fingering
we had been fat-fingering
you had been fat-fingering
they had been fat-fingering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will fat-finger
you will fat-finger
he/she/it will fat-finger
we will fat-finger
you will fat-finger
they will fat-finger
Future continuous
I will be fat-fingering
you will be fat-fingering
he/she/it will be fat-fingering
we will be fat-fingering
you will be fat-fingering
they will be fat-fingering
Future perfect
I will have fat-fingered
you will have fat-fingered
he/she/it will have fat-fingered
we will have fat-fingered
you will have fat-fingered
they will have fat-fingered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been fat-fingering
you will have been fat-fingering
he/she/it will have been fat-fingering
we will have been fat-fingering
you will have been fat-fingering
they will have been fat-fingering
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would fat-finger
you would fat-finger
he/she/it would fat-finger
we would fat-finger
you would fat-finger
they would fat-finger
Conditional continuous
I would be fat-fingering
you would be fat-fingering
he/she/it would be fat-fingering
we would be fat-fingering
you would be fat-fingering
they would be fat-fingering
Conditional perfect
I would have fat-finger
you would have fat-finger
he/she/it would have fat-finger
we would have fat-finger
you would have fat-finger
they would have fat-finger
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been fat-fingering
you would have been fat-fingering
he/she/it would have been fat-fingering
we would have been fat-fingering
you would have been fat-fingering
they would have been fat-fingering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you fat-finger
we let´s fat-finger
you fat-finger
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
fat-fingered
Present Participle
fat-fingering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAT-FINGER»
Discover the use of
fat-finger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fat-finger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Financial Cryptography and Data Security: 14th International ...
We also devised a new measure of string distance useful for keyboard
misspellings, called fat-finger distance: the minimum number of insertions,
deletions, substitutions or transpositions using letters adjacent on a QWERTY
keyboard to ...
2
Pro Tools 9: The Mixer's Toolkit
The. Fat. Finger. Secret. Next, vertically resize all of the remaining tracks with our
next secret ninja shortcut ... I call it the fat finger. Fat finger is a short way of saying
to press the Control, Alt, and Command (Win: Ctrl+Alt+Start) buttons all at once ...
Nathan Adam, Kevin Ward, 2011
3
Shock Markets: Trading Lessons for Volatile Times
The rapidity and breadth of the decline led many observers to initially suspect
another flash crash. Instead it turned out to be a fat-finger trade. Bloomberg News
reported the events at the time: “Trading in the Nifty and some companies
stopped ...
Robert I. Webb, Alexander R. Webb, 2013
4
Pro Tools 9: The Mixers Toolkit
̧. I call it the fat finger. Fat finger is a short way of saying to press the Control, Alt,
and your finger was too fat to press just one of them. Get it? This is one of the
least-known shortcuts in the entire Pro Tools universe, but it doesso much inso ...
Nathan Adam, Kevin Ward, 2012
5
Electronic Exchanges: The Global Transformation from Pits to ...
The reasons for errors in electronic trading can be in two main areas: system
glitches and “fat-finger mistakes.” The system glitches can occur in any of the
components in the trade cycle. Fatfinger mistakes are simple human errors that
occur ...
Michael Gorham, Nidhi Singh, 2009
6
Tabletops - Horizontal Interactive Displays: Horizontal ...
Case. Study. #1: Addressing. the. Fat. Finger. Problem. with. Dual. Finger.
Selections. Addressing the fat finger problem implies solving two problems
simultaneously: (1) the finger used for selection will partially or ...
Christian Müller-Tomfelde, 2010
7
Brave NUI World: Designing Natural User Interfaces for Touch ...
The “fat finger” problem is actually a mix of two issues. First, when the user
touches her finger to the device, a relatively large area of the finger comes into
contact with it. All currently existing touch platforms, however, including the
iPhone and ...
Daniel Wigdor, Dennis Wixon, 2011
8
The Quality of Our Financial Markets: Taking Stock of Where ...
I was expecting the fat finger on May 6 to be the issue, but it wasn't.16 I thought
the problem occurred after somebody wanted to sell 75 futures and instead
erroneously entered 75,000. In actual fact, it was a legitimate order – somebody ...
Robert A. Schwartz, John Aidan Byrne, Gretchen Schnee, 2012
9
Short Fiction By Hispanic Writers of the United States
At the Fat Finger everybody knew Buti. That's where he did the important things in
his life — play poker, start fights, pick up girls and, most important of all, drink until
all hours of the morning. It was his home away from home. His feet on native ...
10
Human-Computer Interaction -- INTERACT 2011: 13th IFIP TC 13 ...
[8] used a touch table for dynamic positioning of maritime equipment. This safety-
critical task requires careful translation and rotation for specifying vessel
positioning and heading, respectively. 2.1 The “Fat Finger” Problem Many touch
devices ...
Pedro Campos, Nicholas Graham, Joaquim Jorge, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAT-FINGER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
fat-finger is used in the context of the following news items.
10 Tips To Boost Your Position in Mobile Search. Make Your …
All clickable elements should be placed in a clear distance from each other to avoid unwanted actions, known as “fat-finger syndrome”. Improve ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
Robot Kills Man In Germany, But Don't Blame Technology
Let history note that the great “Flash Crash” of May 2010 was initially blamed on a human “fat-finger,” a complete joke to market insiders. «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
Fat-fingered BoE stamps out auto-correct for email after Brexit bungle
The Bank of England is moving to change the technology blamed for “fat-finger” errors that have embarrassed the bank in recent months. «London Loves Business, Jun 15»
Hong Kong exchange to curb volatile stock trading, though not all …
While the Hong Kong stock market prepares to curb volatility and "fat-finger errors", not all brokers are happy with the proposed reforms. «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
The Emotions You Might Accidentally Be Conveying In Your Emails
You can blame it on fat-finger syndrome, being in a hurry, or autocorrect, but the fact is, at some point we all make mistakes in our emails. «Fast Company, Jun 15»
If Apple Blocks Ads, Who Would Notice?
America can't fat-finger ads that it doesn't even see. The author of the Nieman piece tweeted: "Maybe I'm being alarmist, but this seems like ... «Bloomberg View, Jun 15»
Hong Kong to Combat Fat Fingers, Rogue Algos With Limits
When a stock suddenly spikes or slides, errors are sometimes to blame. These could be typographical mistakes known as fat-finger trades, ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
Fat-finger cash fiascos can cost an arm and a leg
Either way, you must have worried about making a so-called "fat-finger" mistake because stuffing up seems so easy – it just takes a single ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
Fat-Finger Errors Can Pack a Big Punch
Given these serious consequences, what should firms do to mitigate fat-finger risk? In general, firms already have many controls in place. «American Banker, Oct 14»
Carl Icahn's Firm Makes a Fat-Finger Error in SEC Filing
A version of this article appears in print on 09/10/2014, on page B7 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Fat-Finger Error. Write A ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
