Grammar Discussions

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I blame this web site of course for refusing to allow people to correct mistakes.

As explained by @JessicaTam, this function has always been limited to 24 hours. To allow members to edit their posts beyond a 24-hour period could lead to the context of threads being massively changed to suit an agenda. I find 24-hours to be a lengthy period as it is, but this is the same as it was a year ago.

As with all issues, the report button can be used to alert a Moderator to an issue. They are volunteers though, so try not to take up too much of their time correcting grammar and spelling mistakes.

 

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As explained by @JessicaTam, this function has always been limited to 24 hours. To allow members to edit their posts beyond a 24-hour period could lead to the context of threads being massively changed to suit an agenda. I find 24-hours to be a lengthy period as it is, but this is the same as it was a year ago.

As with all issues, the report button can be used to alert a Moderator to an issue. They are volunteers though, so try not to take up too much of their time correcting grammar and spelling mistakes.

Yep, if you did that , then there would be no time to do anything else. (Lol)

 

[BAM1748]

As explained by @JessicaTam, this function has always been limited to 24 hours. To allow members to edit their posts beyond a 24-hour period could lead to the context of threads being massively changed to suit an agenda. I find 24-hours to be a lengthy period as it is, but this is the same as it was a year ago.

In the nicest possible way, it's always been like that as explained twice now by JT and yourself. Really, that the thinking behind it? ( Why allow any time if there is concern about posters changing their posts)

That may be the imposed rule but I disagree with 24 hours.

Matt

 

[JessicaTam]

In the nicest possible way, it's always been like that as explained twice now by JT and yourself. Really, that the thinking behind it? ( Why allow any time if there is concern about posters changing their posts)

That may be the imposed rule but I disagree with 24 hours.

Matt

Without being flippant, this is what it is.

And this is the grammar thread, not the 'how long to edit a post' thread.

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Back to the grammar discussion, please.
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[oz_mark]

Without being flippant, this is what it is.

And this is the grammar thread, not the 'how long to edit a post' thread.

Should a sentence start with the word And?

 

[JessicaTam]

Should a sentence start with the word And?

I believe starting a sentence with a conjunction used to be frowned upon, but not so much these days.

 

[oz_mark]

I believe starting a sentence with a conjunction used to be frowned upon, but not so much these days.

So, pretty much like all the rules in this thread?

 

[JessicaTam]

So, pretty much like all the rules in this thread?

But I try to not succumb. (See what I did there! )

 

[JohnK]

Should a sentence start with the word And?

And your point is?

 

[get me outta here]

Big windy storm today in CBR. The Canberra Times on line reported, “Another tree hit a vehicle with a limb in Casey”.
I have only seen cars with wheels.

 

[Deleted member]

Should a sentence start with the word And?

It wasn’t allowable once, but is now common usage.

 

[Hvr]

Are you pronouncing 'kilometre' correctly?
Australians have been saying the word kilometre far longer than they've been using the measurement, but there's been a decades-long battle over how to say it right.

There are two main schools of thought on how to pronounce the thousand-metre word.

The first is favoured by logicians, members of the Metric Conversion Board and particularly enthusiastic ABC Language writer-innerers (Arthur Comer, from Sebastopol, springs to mind).

Like all metric words, these masses cry in unison, kilometre is a marriage of a prefix (kilo) and a unit of measurement (metre).

I reckon there's a bit of mileage in this argument.

 

[Happy Trails]

I reckon there's a bit of mileage in this argument.

It's just 'click' bait.

 

[There'sOnlyOneJimmy]

It's just 'click' bait.

Very punny...

 

[andye]

Just driven past the bus of one of my local tertiary education establishments.
On its rear is written, "Changing the world, one alumni at a time".

 

[Deleted member]

Was it an omnibus or many omnibi. ( or should that be omnibuses.)Lol

 

[kookaburra75]

Was it an omnibus or many omnibi. ( or should that be omnibuses.)Lol

According to the rules, Omnibi as Omnibus has a latin root - but then English morphs and changes so quickly, take your pick

 

[andye]

I'd go with omnibuses
The -us at the end of the word is from -ibus (Latin dative plural) not a -us (Latin nominative singular)
Omnibus meaning "for everybody"

 

[JessicaTam]

If you are trying to sell a house, surely you would check the spelling!

 

[cove]

They did cheque it to JT.