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Posted: **20:42 Sun 12 Feb 2012**

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48404#p48404]Here[/url] JacobH wrote:My advise

Trouble, it seems, with the verb-noun distinction?

Posted: **21:03 Sun 12 Feb 2012**

BREAKING NEWS: jdaw1 and JacobH both convicted on the same day!!!

Posted: **22:20 Sun 12 Feb 2012**

jdaw1 wrote:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48404#p48404]Here[/url] JacobH wrote:My advise
Trouble, it seems, with the verb-noun distinction?

mea culpa. My mitigation is that sentence originally read ‟I might advise...” or similar.

Posted: **12:59 Wed 22 Feb 2012**

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5453#p46059]Here[/url], jdaw1 wrote:A very pleasant evening with two bottles, and as ever the TCP’s excellent food and service. Plus the Scribners, for the non-drinking Mrs S was also present, had the pleasure of seeing the rabbit warren that is TCP.

Can't believe this one slipped through the net. There's even a special name for this type of error (that i can't remember just now).

Posted: **16:45 Wed 22 Feb 2012**

I fail to detect the error, unless it is the lack of a period after Mrs.

Your 800th post, no less.

Posted: **17:34 Wed 22 Feb 2012**

Glenn E. wrote:I fail to detect the error, unless it is the lack of a period after Mrs.

Your 800th post, no less.

You got me - I must admit, i was in search of an error to see whether i would progress past Malvedos 96!

"the TCP", de-TLA'd, is "the The Crusting Pipe", which doesn't seem to me to read well in this context.

I'm pretty sure there's a term for the use of a superfluous word before an acronym, but can't remember and don't seem to have the google skills to find it.

I'm not exactly sure what the rules are for the use of a period after Mrs - i think (for British English, at least) it is not required since the abbreviation ends with the same letter as the full word (Mistress) (cf Captain - Capt.)

Posted: **22:37 Wed 22 Feb 2012**

Ah yes, like the infamous ATM machine and PIN number. Completely missed that!

Posted: **11:57 Thu 23 Feb 2012**

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5732]Here[/url], DRT wrote:Warre 2009 helps the heros...

Posted: **12:17 Thu 23 Feb 2012**

RAYC wrote:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5732]Here[/url], DRT wrote:Warre 2009 helps the heros...

isn't that just a spelling crime?

Posted: **12:37 Thu 23 Feb 2012**

PhilW wrote:
RAYC wrote:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5732]Here[/url], DRT wrote:Warre 2009 helps the heros...
isn't that just a spelling crime?

Yes. But i was feeling unforgiving.

jdaw1 wrote:This thread is also used for reports of crimes of similar import. Carry on.

Posted: **12:40 Thu 23 Feb 2012**

Glenn E. wrote:Ah yes, like the infamous ATM machine and PIN number. Completely missed that!

RAS Syndrome!

The examples that i seem to come across most frequently at the moment are "RPI Index" and "CPI Index".

Posted: **21:28 Thu 23 Feb 2012**

RAYC wrote:The examples that i seem to come across most frequently at the moment are "RPI Index" and "CPI Index".

There’s a foreign-language version of this too (e.g. ‟the Al Aqsa Mosque”, ‟please RSVP”, ‟the hoi polloi”, &c. &c.) which is equally annoying.

Posted: **22:11 Thu 23 Feb 2012**

I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".

Posted: **00:40 Fri 24 Feb 2012**

RAYC wrote:
Glenn E. wrote:Ah yes, like the infamous ATM machine and PIN number. Completely missed that!
RAS Syndrome!

The examples that i seem to come across most frequently at the moment are "RPI Index" and "CPI Index".

Awesome. PNS Syndrome.

Posted: **09:35 Fri 24 Feb 2012**

DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".

It appears there are few members who haven’t uttered the phrase ‟the TCP”, though. For obvious reasons this is the most heinous example.

Posted: **12:49 Fri 24 Feb 2012**

JacobH wrote:
DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".
It appears there are few members who haven’t uttered the phrase ‟the TCP”, though. For obvious reasons this is the most heinous example.

I'm pleased to be able to look smugly at the contents of my reply to JDAW's reference to "the TCP".

Posted: **23:47 Fri 24 Feb 2012**

JacobH wrote:
DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".
It appears there are few members who haven’t uttered the phrase ‟the TCP”, though. For obvious reasons this is the most heinous example.

Presumably you meant "have uttered the phrase"?

Posted: **14:53 Sat 25 Feb 2012**

DRT wrote:
JacobH wrote:
DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".
It appears there are few members who haven’t uttered the phrase ‟the TCP”, though. For obvious reasons this is the most heinous example.
Presumably you meant "have uttered the phrase"?

Indicted with jdaw1 are: WS1, AHB, me

, PhilW, RonnieRoots, ChrisD, and DRT, which seems like a reasonable cross-section of the

community

Posted: **17:13 Sat 25 Feb 2012**

JacobH wrote:
DRT wrote:
JacobH wrote:
DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".
It appears there are few members who haven’t uttered the phrase ‟the TCP”, though. For obvious reasons this is the most heinous example.
Presumably you meant "have uttered the phrase"?
Indicted with jdaw1 are: WS1, AHB, me , PhilW, RonnieRoots, ChrisD, and DRT, which seems like a reasonable cross-section of the community

Worst of all, there is no "The" in "Crusting Pipe".

Posted: **18:05 Sat 25 Feb 2012**

DRT wrote:Worst of all, there is no "The" in "Crusting Pipe".

Even Davy's get confused though - the first paragraph is:

Davy's wrote:Situated in the Heart of The Old Covent Garden Market, The Crusting Pipe is one of our traditional styled Wine Bars

Posted: **18:31 Sat 25 Feb 2012**

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:Worst of all, there is no "The" in "Crusting Pipe".
Even Davy's get confused though - the first paragraph is:
Davy's wrote:Situated in the Heart of The Old Covent Garden Market, The Crusting Pipe is one of our traditional styled Wine Bars

I don't think we want to use Davy's website as an acceptable standard.

Posted: **20:42 Sun 26 Feb 2012**

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:Worst of all, there is no "The" in "Crusting Pipe".
Even Davy's get confused though - the first paragraph is:
Davy's wrote:Situated in the Heart of The Old Covent Garden Market, The Crusting Pipe is one of our traditional styled Wine Bars

I was going to say that I think they’ve just gone for the traditional method of capitalising the first letter of every noun, but then I’m pretty sure those market buildings are a ‟new Covent Garden market”, not old, having been built to replace the old wooden stalls in the 19th Century. (Of course there is also a ‟New Covent Garden”, too, which helpfully does not have any capitals in its name at all...)

Posted: **21:29 Sun 26 Feb 2012**

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=48756]Here[/url] g-man wrote:Acutally

we might have to change this to a pre leap year celebration
or the TPF, "I don't believe in leap days due to a rounding error" tasting on the 28th

Posted: **16:05 Mon 27 Feb 2012**

[url=http://www.portovino.co.uk/portovino/Products/Port/Dalva_Ports.html]Here[/url], PortoVino wrote:The name Dalva comes from Da(sil)va. Easier to say!

Dava?

But, as a side note, i have never seen a Dalva port, as opposed to a DALVA port, leading me to think that the proper name of the brand requires all letters to be capitalised and that our references in the TN database are incorrect.

Posted: **16:08 Mon 27 Feb 2012**

What are the rules surrounding this type of "clarificatory" apostrophe?

Posted: **20:52 Mon 27 Feb 2012**

RAYC wrote:What are the rules surrounding this type of "clarificatory" apostrophe?

Without venturing a view on the substantive question; how did you come across such a site?

Posted: **20:58 Mon 27 Feb 2012**

RAYC wrote:But, as a side note, i have never seen a Dalva port, as opposed to a DALVA port, leading me to think that the proper name of the brand requires all letters to be capitalised and that our references in the TN database are incorrect.

I’m not sure I agree with that reasoning; there aren’t very many shippers who don’t spell their names in capitals on their bottles! I suppose we could adopt the methods of the medieval scribes and use Daá¸»va or something similar...

On an unrelated topic, this is an unusual apostrophe crime, committed by ‟Taylor‘s”:

Posted: **22:32 Mon 27 Feb 2012**

JacobH wrote:
RAYC wrote:But, as a side note, i have never seen a Dalva port, as opposed to a DALVA port, leading me to think that the proper name of the brand requires all letters to be capitalised and that our references in the TN database are incorrect.
I’m not sure I agree with that reasoning; there aren’t very many shippers who don’t spell their names in capitals on their bottles! I suppose we could adopt the methods of the medieval scribes and use Daá¸»va or something similar...

Agreed, but i am not just going by the labels on their bottles.

Perusing the C. da Silva website and blog, the majority of references are to DALVA (capitalised) . Likewise on the C. da Silva/DALVA facebook page. There are a couple of rogue references to "Dalva" that have crept in (particularly where they are quoting wine critics/magazines), but i think these are in the minority. Worth referring to Goncalo?

Posted: **23:47 Mon 27 Feb 2012**

JacobH wrote:
RAYC wrote:What are the rules surrounding this type of "clarificatory" apostrophe?
Without venturing a view on the substantive question; how did you come across such a site?

Caught short after too much consolation beer at Twickenham on Saturday, when i suddenly spotted one of their cabins in a pub car park. Naturally, my first thought (after the initial relief) was whether this would be deemed acceptable usage on the TPF error thread.

Posted: **00:47 Tue 28 Feb 2012**

DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".

Alas, no more.

RAYC wrote:Caught short after too much consolation beer at Twickenham on Saturday, when i suddenly spotted one of their cabins in a pub car park. Naturally, my first thought (after the initial relief) was whether this would be deemed acceptable usage on the TPF error thread.

This, however, may not actually be an error, as a slight re-phrasing as "the error thread on TPF" demonstrates.

Posted: **01:00 Tue 28 Feb 2012**

Glenn E. wrote:
DRT wrote:I am pleased to report that a quick search of this site returns no instances of "the TPF".
Alas, no more.
RAYC wrote:Caught short after too much consolation beer at Twickenham on Saturday, when i suddenly spotted one of their cabins in a pub car park. Naturally, my first thought (after the initial relief) was whether this would be deemed acceptable usage on the TPF error thread.
This, however, may not actually be an error, as a slight re-phrasing as "the error thread on TPF" demonstrates.

very good - so quick!

Posted: **09:37 Sat 03 Mar 2012**

[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48949#p48949]Here[/url] Glenn E. wrote:Second you could bring a 1992 Taylor to contrast with first you's 1994 Taylor.

Edit: this complaint withdrawn, with apologies see below.

Posted: **09:59 Sat 03 Mar 2012**

jdaw1 wrote:
[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48949#p48949]Here[/url] Glenn E. wrote:Second you could bring a 1992 Taylor to contrast with first you's 1994 Taylor.

The 1994 Taylor is in the possession of "first you", so I object on Glenn's behalf.

Posted: **16:45 Sat 03 Mar 2012**

DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
[url=http://theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=48949#p48949]Here[/url] Glenn E. wrote:Second you could bring a 1992 Taylor to contrast with first you's 1994 Taylor.
The 1994 Taylor is in the possession of "first you", so I object on Glenn's behalf.

Correct!

Posted: **21:50 Sat 03 Mar 2012**

Then my complaint is withdrawn, with apologies.

Posted: **15:53 Fri 06 Apr 2012**

On a sign displayed in their store at [url=http://www.crystalpeakscentre.com/]Crystal Peaks[/url], Sheffield, [url=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Home.htm]Argos[/url] wrote:

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My mentor will be very pleased that I noticed.

Posted: **16:33 Sat 14 Apr 2012**

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5888&p=49729#p49729]Here[/url] Andy Velebil wrote:Be thankful he didn't steal you're Port too

Posted: **16:37 Sat 14 Apr 2012**

DRT wrote:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5888&p=49729#p49729]Here[/url] Andy Velebil wrote:Be thankful he didn't steal you're Port too

I don't know what you speak of, the link shows it correctly spelled

Posted: **10:29 Sat 28 Apr 2012**

Fonseca wrote:Saint Georges Day Announcement

Posted: **21:13 Sun 06 May 2012**

Punctuation news, rather than a crime.

The BBC, in a story entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17974663]Heads oppose new punctuation and spelling test[/url], wrote:Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer.
!
Ministers said too little attention had been paid to spelling, punctuation and grammar in recent years.
!
Introducing a motion to disrupt the "technical English" tests, Milton Keynes head teacher Tony Draper said teachers should be left to assess pupils in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Posted: **21:16 Sun 06 May 2012**

jdaw1 wrote:Punctuation news, rather than a crime.
The BBC, in a story entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17974663]Heads oppose new punctuation and spelling test[/url], wrote:Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer.
!
Ministers said too little attention had been paid to spelling, punctuation and grammar in recent years.
!
Introducing a motion to disrupt the "technical English" tests, Milton Keynes head teacher Tony Draper said teachers should be left to assess pupils in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Is this an Oxford comma thing?

Posted: **09:01 Mon 07 May 2012**

DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Punctuation news, rather than a crime.
The BBC, in a story entitled [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17974663]Heads oppose new punctuation and spelling test[/url], wrote:Head teachers say they will disrupt a new spelling, grammar and punctuation test to be introduced in England's primary schools next summer.
!
Ministers said too little attention had been paid to spelling, punctuation and grammar in recent years.
!
Introducing a motion to disrupt the "technical English" tests, Milton Keynes head teacher Tony Draper said teachers should be left to assess pupils in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Is this an Oxford comma thing?

Spelling, punctuation, and grammar?

Posted: **18:16 Wed 11 Jul 2012**

[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=39367#p39367]Here[/url] Cookie wrote:1. His Excellency Dr Joao de Vallera
2. Lord Boswell of Aynho
3. Charles Metcalfe
4. Ambassadors Guest
5. Ambassadors Guest

Posted: **11:24 Mon 23 Jul 2012**

A great error from House of Fraser

Posted: **15:48 Mon 23 Jul 2012**

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

So great that I can't spot it

Posted: **07:58 Tue 24 Jul 2012**

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

Love it - Jacob should approve!

Posted: **09:26 Tue 24 Jul 2012**

I was searching for a misplaced or missing apostrophe

Very funny

Posted: **19:52 Tue 24 Jul 2012**

I’m going to have to return to this puzzle.

Posted: **04:19 Wed 25 Jul 2012**

RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser

That is one of the most amusing errors I've seen in a while...but why on earth were you looking at Playmobil sets on the HoF website?

Posted: **09:45 Wed 08 Aug 2012**

AHB wrote:
RAYC wrote:A great error from House of Fraser
That is one of the most amusing errors I've seen in a while...but why on earth were you looking at Playmobil sets on the HoF website?

I’m glad AHB asked the question I was thinking about, too!

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