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Apostrophe crimes
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"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Here jdaw started a thread with a flagrant typo in the subject header. Oh, the indignity.
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Oh, the indignity! Sackcloth and ashes.PopulusTremula wrote:Here jdaw started a thread with a flagrant typo in the subject header. Oh, the indignity.
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Will the existence of the four-dot elipsis at the end of the opening title scroll of the new Star Wars film cause a disturbance in The Force?
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Act Quietly!
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Thank you. I would correct the original but that would ruin the explanation.jdaw1 wrote:This is not that type of website. (And pore.)LGTrotter wrote:No doubt correction will be administered.
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Re: Thursday 19th May 2016, 66@50
Revert does not mean reply, respond or follow-up; it means to return to previous condition or state.[url=http://http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10554#p97609]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Yes please. I will revert with what little I have.
Some people seem to have recently started using it incorrectly to mean reply, respond or follow-up; this seems to have been initially by people for whom English is not their first language and some in the the American business community. Sadly, it seems to have been picked up and used by some in UK business communications as well - but no, we should not encourage it.
Re: Thursday 19th May 2016, 66@50
{Sackcloth-and-ashes}
May I move these into the AC thread?
May I move these into the AC thread?
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Yes; I'd intended to post there in the first place.jdaw1 wrote:{Sackcloth-and-ashes}
May I move these into the AC thread?
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Dear oh dear: Tesco blunder.
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I can spell.In an advertising email, Puget Sound PMI wrote:What differenciates You from the Competition?
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Lol. You also appear to be able to use capital letters correctly; you're probably over-qualified.Glenn E. wrote:I can spell.In an advertising email, Puget Sound PMI wrote:What differenciates You from the Competition?
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=98647#p98647]Here[/url] LGTrotter wrote:you shouldn't stand a wine on it's head.
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By Jove, that is a humdinger!PhilW wrote:Salesian college, Farnborough
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=98773#p98773]Here[/url] AHB wrote:I already have buyer's who'd like to buy the bottles!
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AHB seems to be on a roll...
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7654&start=2350]Here[/url] AHB wrote:Oh dear, Scotland need 21 of the last over to beat Afghanistan on the opening day of the world T20 cup
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Ernest H. Cockburn
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If AHB were to criticise DRT for using three dots (“...”) rather than an ellipsis character (“…”), I would support that. But, at least today, I’m not going to be that fussy. Well, not yet today.DRT wrote:AHB seems to be on a roll...
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Choose.
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen were sold at £62.
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen was sold at £62.
(Re TH50.)
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen were sold at £62.
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen was sold at £62.
(Re TH50.)
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I have no idea of the correct rule (or what TH50 is), but I suspect either is okay. Having said that, my preference is for 'were'.jdaw1 wrote:Choose.
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen were sold at £62.
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen was sold at £62.
(Re TH50.)
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TH = Tuke Holdsworth, and the answer is "was". "a dozen" might be thought of as plural, but "another dozen" is a singular unit.Doggett wrote:I have no idea of the correct rule (or what TH50 is)
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Ernest H. Cockburn
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Back to skool for me...on both counts...the shame!DRT wrote:TH = Tuke Holdsworth, and the answer is "was". "a dozen" might be thought of as plural, but "another dozen" is a singular unit.Doggett wrote:I have no idea of the correct rule (or what TH50 is)
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Hmm. I agree that it comes down to whether the dozen is treated as a singular unit or a plural group of items, but that depends on context. I don't know whether there is any specific rule in this regard, but it seems to me that where the number of dozen is stated it can be singular, but where the item is stated (explicitly or implicitly) it would always be plural even if only one dozen; argument by example with implicit/explicit item in brackets:DRT wrote: "a dozen" might be thought of as plural, but "another dozen" is a singular unit.
• One dozen (of items) was placed in the fridge.
• Another dozen (of items) was placed on the side.
• Two dozen (of items) were placed in the pantry.
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• A dozen (items) were cooked for breakfast.
• Another dozen (items) were cooked for lunch.
• Two dozen (items) were cooked for dinner.
"Was" would definitely sound wrong to me in the first two lines of the second set.
In JDAW's particular case, either option could work since it is ambiguously singular or plural; I would suggest that is depends upon the preceding line to provide sufficient context:
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen (bottles) were sold at £62.
• On 7 November 1974 another dozen (of D66) was sold at £62.
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I don't think it does come down to whether dozen is treated as a singular or plural unit. I think it is always "were", because the items in question are bottles, not dozen, or dozens.
One bottle was sold.
One dozen bottles were sold.
One dozen were sold.
One bottle was sold.
One dozen bottles were sold.
One dozen were sold.
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English tuition put on hold for nowflash_uk wrote:I think it is always "were"