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29 October 2002, 04:28 PM
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That would be the Queen's English then, would it?
Check the Oxford English Dictionary and Fowler's Modern English Usage (the section called -ise, -ize) before you
criticize
Important lesson: Microsoft Word is not an authoritative source on spelling and grammar
[Edited by carl - 10/29/2002 4:32:47 PM]
29 October 2002, 04:34 PM
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Or alternatively, look
here .
29 October 2002, 04:38 PM
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Ahh - Google - the IT consultants friend
Ever been on the phone when someone asks you a trivia question and you have to type quietly whilst stalling untill you can get google to give you the answer
Deano
[Edited by dsmith - 10/29/2002 4:40:07 PM]
29 October 2002, 04:39 PM
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I always thought the the "ise" is the English way, and "ize" was the American way...
29 October 2002, 04:42 PM
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Ahh - Google - the IT consultants friend
Google? That wasn't a link to google - it was a link to the english usage FAQ, a site I use frequently when pedantically arguing the toss with people about apostrophe usage, etc, etc.
29 October 2002, 04:46 PM
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Soz Mark,
I had mistakenly assumed you'd found the link via a quick google. Didn't realise it was in your favourites under the "Pedant's Corner" section
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29 October 2002, 04:49 PM
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LMAO at you lot!
{Was there anything wrong with that sentence?}
29 October 2002, 04:51 PM
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Actually, that should be
Pedants' Corner .
29 October 2002, 05:01 PM
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As much as it pains me to say it,
criticize is in my Little Oxford Dictionary.
29 October 2002, 05:02 PM
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Must be wrong, then, judging by previous performance.
29 October 2002, 05:04 PM
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So Carl is wrong as well then?
29 October 2002, 05:06 PM
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As much as I hate to prolong a thread for the sake of it
- Why Pedants' Corner not Pedant's Corner
I was under the impression Pedant's would be correct to describe a corner belonging to a single Pedant (i.e. you) rather than a corner belonging to mulitiple Pedants.
Of course if you share your IE favourites with other like minded pedants than I stand humbly corrected.
Deano
[Edited by dsmith - 10/29/2002 5:11:32 PM]
29 October 2002, 05:13 PM
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Deano,
You didn't edit your post for a spelling or grammatical error did you
?
EDIT. (like I just did)
[Edited by Nimbus - 10/29/2002 5:14:51 PM]
29 October 2002, 05:16 PM
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Me ? Surely not
But I was forgetting it was gone 5 so Mark will have been out of the office faster than a rat up a drain pipe
We'll have to wait until tomorrow morning for a repsonse
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29 October 2002, 05:21 PM
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LOL. Unfortunately (or fortunately), I will have no Net access tomorrow, so will have to catch up on this one later in the week.
29 October 2002, 07:21 PM
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Surely it must be Pedants' Corner as both Mark and I would be in it
30 October 2002, 07:24 AM
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Exactly. Pedants' Corner is where the pedants hang out.
30 October 2002, 07:31 AM
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Surely Pedant's Corner more accurately be described as where they turn? Pedant's Rest would be the place where they hang out, I should have thought.
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30 October 2002, 07:42 AM
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Not really. There's not a lot of turning going on at Speakers' Corner, is there?
I'll e-mail SDB and see if we can get a new forum set up
30 October 2002, 08:43 AM
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Another few posts and I'll best somebody posts about the pedants' CORNER in this thread.
30 October 2002, 09:09 AM
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The pedants are revolting!
30 October 2002, 10:33 AM
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No, they just smell awful.
30 October 2002, 10:34 AM
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My dog's got no nose.....
How does he smell?
etc. ;-)
30 October 2002, 10:35 AM
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So that would be
in long-hand, Mark?
30 October 2002, 10:36 AM
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Bah. Too used to email.
30 October 2002, 12:25 PM
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Bah???
You've been reading "The Beano" again haven't you?
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30 October 2002, 12:29 PM
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Of course. I find it more intellectually stimulating than the Sun or the Mirror.
Gadzooks!
30 October 2002, 12:41 PM
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30 October 2002, 12:43 PM
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PS. Is the word "dictionary" in the dictionary?
While your looking, is there another word for thesaurus????
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30 October 2002, 12:46 PM
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Beemerboy, that would be a "whilst" then, wouldn't it..?