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Tricky. Too many layers: ‘skinny’ must bind to ‘fries’ more tightly than the pair does to ‘team’, which must bind more tightly to the pair than to ‘special’. Obviously the correct answer is a re-word, but failing that, the punctuation is tricky.[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=99890#p99890]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Would it be worth making a special team-skinny-fries request?
"A special order of skinny fries for the team" requires no such complexity.jdaw1 wrote:Tricky. Too many layers: ‘skinny’ must bind to ‘fries’ more tightly than the pair does to ‘team’, which must bind more tightly to the pair than to ‘special’. Obviously the correct answer is a re-word, but failing that, the punctuation is tricky.[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=99890#p99890]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Would it be worth making a special team-skinny-fries request?
[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=100065#p100065]Here[/url] LGTrotter wrote:corked bottles becoming the responsibility of the cork producers insurance company.
Likely not. It was the same type of sign as is most often used for political purposes (i.e. non-permanent). Roughly 11 x 17 and stuck in the ground by its wire frame.jdaw1 wrote:Can it be found on Google’s streetview?
Please clarify the accusation. I would expect "some people's keyboards" as appears currently written (it may have been corrected?) for the keyboards of some people; by comparison "some people's faiths" (the faiths of some people) vs "some peoples' faiths" (the faiths of some peoples) both being different and valid.jdaw1 wrote:This punctuation criticism went wrong.
Their was an error.PhilW wrote:Please clarify the accusation.
Ah, their was indeed. I was too apostrophe-focused.jdaw1 wrote:Their was an error.
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=100289#p100289]Here[/url] LGTrotter wrote:The QVVV has no chance of being at it's best at 21.
Serralves.pt wrote:This first exhibition in Portugal of influential New York-based British artist Liam Gillick (1964, Aylesbury, UK) results from a series of site visits to the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art made since 2013. The subsequent exhibition takes the form of a year-long presentation and reflects Gillick’s long-standing engagement with questions of process, participation, collectivity and decision-making, and of which his varied approach to language and the language of space are an expression.
I've re-read this a couple of times and can't find the problem. Can you enlighten me?jdaw1 wrote:Serralves.pt wrote:This first exhibition in Portugal of influential New York-based British artist Liam Gillick (1964, Aylesbury, UK) results from a series of site visits to the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art made since 2013. The subsequent exhibition takes the form of a year-long presentation and reflects Gillick’s long-standing engagement with questions of process, participation, collectivity and decision-making, and of which his varied approach to language and the language of space are an expression.
I believe the apostrophe before the 'n' is wrong. I'm not a true linguist so do not know the correct names, but both should be a straight apostrophe and not a curled apostrophe. At the very least they should both be the comma-style curled apostrophe, not the upside down one, as the letter 'n' is not being encapsulated by them. Both represent a missing letter.flash_uk wrote:I've re-read this a couple of times and can't find the problem. Can you enlighten me?jdaw1 wrote:Serralves.pt wrote:This first exhibition in Portugal of influential New York-based British artist Liam Gillick (1964, Aylesbury, UK) results from a series of site visits to the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art made since 2013. The subsequent exhibition takes the form of a year-long presentation and reflects Gillick’s long-standing engagement with questions of process, participation, collectivity and decision-making, and of which his varied approach to language and the language of space are an expression.
Both should be right single apostrophes, also known as ‘9’s. For the reason you say.Glenn E. wrote:I believe the apostrophe before the 'n' is wrong. I'm not a true linguist so do not know the correct names, but both should be a straight apostrophe and not a curled apostrophe. At the very least they should both be the comma-style curled apostrophe, not the upside down one, as the letter 'n' is not being encapsulated by them. Both represent a missing letter.
Close enough?
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=100366#p100366]Here[/url] LGTrotter wrote:a bit 'assassins creed' and you had to murder someone
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2038&start=325]Here[/url] AHB wrote:Presumably if the salad had been properly washed in a product designed to kill bacteria and remove their toxins then the consumers would have been fine. So the morale of the story (apart from don't eat leaves) is that salad should be washed in vodka or gin before being eaten.
Guilty as charged.DRT wrote:[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2038&start=325]Here[/url] AHB wrote:Presumably if the salad had been properly washed in a product designed to kill bacteria and remove their toxins then the consumers would have been fine. So the morale of the story (apart from don't eat leaves) is that salad should be washed in vodka or gin before being eaten.
To be fair, I am told that the salad was in good spirits before being eatenAHB wrote:Guilty as charged.DRT wrote:[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2038&start=325]Here[/url] AHB wrote:Presumably if the salad had been properly washed in a product designed to kill bacteria and remove their toxins then the consumers would have been fine. So the morale of the story (apart from don't eat leaves) is that salad should be washed in vodka or gin before being eaten.
onjdaw1 wrote:There is (or, more accurately, hopefully will be) a list of banks, called the ‘Preliminary List’. Would you say that a bank is on the Preliminary List, or in the Preliminary List?
[url=http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/is-it-correct-to-say-on-the-list-or-in-the-list]Here[/url] Learner's Dictionary wrote:Is it correct to say "on the list" or "in the list"?
Question
Is it correct to say "on the list" or "in the list"? -V. Chan, Hong Kong
Answer
Thank you for this interesting question.
In almost all contexts, it is customary and correct to say on the list (or on my list, on their list, etc.). Here are some representative example sentences:
Examples with on
Your name is the first one on the list.
Her novel is on the list of recommended readings.
China is high on my list of places to go.
She is on the short list for the Nobel Prize.
However, as you have probably noticed, sometimes in the list is used as well. Most often, in the list is used after some form of the word include, as in the examples shown below.
Examples with in
We were included in the guest list.
Included in the list of available cars we find midsize cars, pickup trucks, and minivans.
Both publishers and artists are included in the list.
For inclusion in the list, all information needs to be submitted by August 10th.
This is because include has a strong tendency to be used with the preposition in, as in the expressions, "You are included in our thoughts and prayers," and "It's included in the price." Except after include, I recommend that you use on the list.
I hope this helps to answer your question.
Good observation, also true of me.John Owlett wrote:The only places where I have ever seen the interrobang used are articles about the interrobang.
I can't believe that neither of you have ever used an interrobang?!jdaw1 wrote:Good observation, also true of me.John Owlett wrote:The only places where I have ever seen the interrobang used are articles about the interrobang.
Ho ho!PhilW wrote:I can't believe that neither of you have ever used an interrobang?!jdaw1 wrote:Good observation, also true of me.John Owlett wrote:The only places where I have ever seen the interrobang used are articles about the interrobang.
UK-restricted website which claims to be a game.jdaw1 wrote:Quiz: Do you know this weird punctuation?
‽flash_uk wrote:Ho ho!
The BBC, in an article entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37062640]Olympics 2016: Canadian Swimmer Penny Oleksiak makes a splash in Rio[/url], wrote:Oleksiak tied with Manuel to take the gold, setting a new Olympic record of 52.70 seconds and making history as the first athlete born in the 21st Century to win an Olympic gold medal in any sport.
Sigh.Wikipedia wrote:Penelope "Penny" Oleksiak (born June 13, 2000)
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11140&p=101154#p101154]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Obey yours host’ confidences
The missing ‘s’ is regretted.DRT wrote:[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11140&p=101154#p101154]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:Obey yours host’ confidences
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=101367#p101367]Here[/url] DRT wrote:I doubt that it's producers find this
Or it could be a well educated democrat saying precisely what it reads as saying.DRT wrote:I strongly suspect the reference to wealth is meant to be plural...
Andy Velebil wrote: ↑02:10 Fri 17 Feb 2017 RSVP me....I'll be there if I'm still sucking my share of earths air.