Grammar Discussions

[VPS]

You only get one.

do we all get one?

 

[JessicaTam]

do we all get one?

Yes, you all got one and @Katie used it.

(trying to get this thread back on topic)

 

[kookaburra75]

Yes, you all got one and @Katie used it.

(trying to get this thread back on topic)

But this thread is part of the "General Off Topic Discussion" group, so it's only fair we stray....

 

[anat0l]

Alright jury, what is/are the correct and/or acceptable form/s of writing wireless fidelity (yes, I'm aware people use it to represent "wireless Internet" or "wireless network", but that is what the abbreviation stands for). Choices include:

• Wi-Fi
• Wi Fi
• WiFi
• Wifi
• All of the above choices, except no capitals

Example use in a sentence: "We can't finish our work right now because the wireless network is currently down."

 

[AuSammy]

 

[DejaBrew]

Alright jury, what is/are the correct and/or acceptable form/s of writing wireless fidelity (yes, I'm aware people use it to represent "wireless Internet" or "wireless network", but that is what the abbreviation stands for). Choices include:

• Wi-Fi
• Wi Fi
• WiFi
• Wifi
• All of the above choices, except no capitals

Example use in a sentence: "We can't finish our work right now because the wireless network is currently down."

Officially it's "Wi-Fi" per the Wi-Fi Alliance, however I think any of the variations are largely accepted in practice.

 

[DejaBrew]

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The "A bit of humour thread" called to say it wants its joke back.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Alright jury, what is/are the correct and/or acceptable form/s of writing wireless fidelity (yes, I'm aware people use it to represent "wireless Internet" or "wireless network", but that is what the abbreviation stands for). Choices include:

• Wi-Fi
• Wi Fi
• WiFi
• Wifi
• All of the above choices, except no capitals

Example use in a sentence: "We can't finish our work right now because the wireless network is currently down."

Officially Wi-Fi.

 

[SYD]

Alright jury, what is/are the correct and/or acceptable form/s of writing wireless fidelity (yes, I'm aware people use it to represent "wireless Internet" or "wireless network", but that is what the abbreviation stands for). Choices include:

• Wi-Fi
• Wi Fi
• WiFi
• Wifi
• All of the above choices, except no capitals

Example use in a sentence: "We can't finish our work right now because the wireless network is currently down."

The one that just looks wrong is “Wi Fi”. I can’t think of any acronyms that have a space?

“Wifi” suggest a term of endearment to one’s spouse.

Mind you in Spanish, it’s pronounced “wee fee” (which sounds like the cost to use a public toilet! ).

 

[Flashback]

The one that just looks wrong is “Wi Fi”. I can’t think of any acronyms that have a space?

“Wifi” suggest a term of endearment to one’s spouse.

Mind you in Spanish, it’s pronounced “wee fee” (which sounds like the cost to use a public toilet! ).

French, too.

 

[Beano]

French, too.

German VEE FEE!

 

[Beano]

Where do I start on this thread and leap in? It seems that the posters have the right idea, particularly Bill Poster! Spoonerisms and malapropisms abound. Totally agree that "Should of" should be totally banned in any writing (unless a spoken phrase in a novel!) and shows a complete lack of education. Spelling mistakes abound internationally, Chinglish, Franglish, Spanglish etc. Assure, ensure, insure also cause issues, "Please insure you close the door". And don't get me started on "I" and "me" or apostrophes. The written landscape is covered with grammatical error, split infinitives, dangling prepositions, excetera etc ect. Just enjoy the journey!

 

[Kerrodt]

Where do I start on this thread and leap in? It seems that the posters have the right idea, particularly Bill Poster! Spoonerisms and malapropisms abound. Totally agree that "Should of" should be totally banned in any writing (unless a spoken phrase in a novel!) and shows a complete lack of education. Spelling mistakes abound internationally, Chinglish, Franglish, Spanglish etc. Assure, ensure, insure also cause issues, "Please insure you close the door". And don't get me started on "I" and "me" or apostrophes. The written landscape is covered with grammatical error, split infinitives, dangling prepositions, excetera etc ect. Just enjoy the journey!

Well, we all now know how to trigger you!

 

[Beano]

Well, we all now know how to trigger you!

You probably heard the joke about the Panda going into a restaurant....

Or there is the "boil the baby" sentence! "If the baby doesn't thrive on raw milk, boil it."

 

[Kerrodt]

You probably heard the joke about the Panda going into a restaurant....

Or there is the "boil the baby" sentence! "If the baby doesn't thrive on raw milk, boil it."

Tell me that Panda joke please - I haven't heard it before (so long as it is an acceptable joke to publish here).

The baby joke is a good one!!

 

[Beano]

Tell me that Panda joke please - I haven't heard it before (so long as it is an acceptable joke to publish here).

The baby joke is a good one!!

A Ppanda goes into a restaurant and has a meal. He takes out a gun and fires it then goes out of the retaurant. The owner runs out after the pandar and ask waht thta was about. The Panda says that he read that "Pandas eat shoots and leaves" (lack of punctuation deliberate.) There is a book with this title.

 

[Beano]

There have been a few well know people who take exception about strictly follow rule. Churchill was know not to be a stickler when it came to not ending a sentence with a preposition, eg "This is some up which I will not put" (correct) rather than "this is something which I will no put up with". (Incorrect, but sounds better). Also on the split infinitive, famously "to boldly go...." and George Bernard Shaw once said of a book editor who was making unwarranted corrections to his manuscript, "I don't care if he is made to go quickly, or to quickly go—but go he must".