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Post 21

Gnomon - time to move on

You don't have to apologise for simulposting, Wilma.


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Post 22

Wilma Neanderthal

Thank you, Gnomon.
smiley - smiley
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Post 23

TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office

"... when people loose vitriolic or mis-informed posts that they then feel required to defend."

Gn: "I don't like the use of 'loose' as a verb here."

I think I'd use "let loose".

TRiG.smiley - smiley


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Post 24

kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013

over 60 words per minute?! Last time I had that measured I was in the late 40s, have I been left behind? smiley - wah

Nice entry smiley - ok

Jack Naples had a list of 12 things to do to avoid post-post remorse - might be worth having a nosey to see if there is anything to add there...


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Post 25

TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office

I'm not sure what the Edited Guide style manual says, but I thought I'd drop in a quick note from The Right Word at the Right Time, my own favourite guide to the English language:

capital letters
16. Titles of artistic and literary works
smiley - spaceCapitalise the first and last words in titles, and all other words except articles (the, a, an), short conjunctions (such as and, but, or), and short prepositions (such as by, for, to). Authorities disagree on how short is 'short'. In general, capitalise any conjunction or preposition of five or more letters:

smiley - spaceThe Taming of the Shrew
smiley - spaceGone with the Wind
smiley - spaceA Tale of Two Cities
smiley - spaceThe House at Pooh Corner
smiley - spaceThe Man Without a Country

smiley - spaceAuthorities disagree on the treatment of hyphenated words in titles. Many capitalise only the first element, but on the whole it is better to treat each element according to the guidelines given above, for the sake of both consistency and appearance:

smiley - spaceThe Looking-Glass War
smiley - spaceNineteen Eighty-Four
smiley - spaceThe L-Shaped Room


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Post 26

TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office

***I quoted rather a lot there, so in case it gets pulled I'm just going to quote the relevent chunk again. This is a small quote and should pass.

TRiG.smiley - smiley


I'm not sure what the Edited Guide style manual says, but I thought I'd drop in a quick note from The Right Word at the Right Time, my own favourite guide to the English language:

smiley - spaceAuthorities disagree on the treatment of hyphenated words in titles. Many capitalise only the first element, but on the whole it is better to treat each element according to the guidelines given above, for the sake of both consistency and appearance:

smiley - spaceThe Looking-Glass War
smiley - spaceNineteen Eighty-Four
smiley - spaceThe L-Shaped Room


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Post 27

Researcher 188007

smiley - book


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Post 28

Leo


Ah, there's Jack Naples. Thanks for dropping by.

*gulps for air*
Sunday night, folks. After the midterm, after the job deadline, then I will update and everything, and I even found the name of the mysterious sage.

House rules are to lowercase second word in a hyphenated word.

Thanks everyone!!


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Post 29

There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

I rather liked the use of the word 'loose'. It's more commonly used in that context with the word 'let' in front of it but, although it's a bit archaic and obsolete, and - as Gnomon points out - can be confusing, it is still perfectly good grammar to use it as a verb in that context.


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Post 30

Xantief

smiley - lurk


smiley - alesmiley - oksmiley - coolsmiley - cheers


smiley - lurk


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Post 31

pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain)

Oh ho ho - this is good. smiley - ok
The following comments are so minor that I'll probably wish later I hadn't posted them:

"Presenting an argument as fact when one cannot, in actuality, back it up." consider
"Presenting an argument as fact when one cannot actually back it up."

"One can, ostensibly, carefully weigh one's words before submitting the choicest selection of phrasing." Is ostensible the right word here? How about
"Rather, one can carefully weigh one's words before submitting the choicest selection of phrasing."

"...can I make my meaning clearer by rephrasing or using smilies?" At first glance, this looks like 'similies', which actually also makes sense, but I think the spelling is 'smileys'

Finally, I just have to say that the opening sentence is one of the best I have read yet. Well, ok, I'm still pretty new here and haven't read tons, only a lot, maybe a bunch - alright - less than a bunch, but more than a smattering. Oh, cripes. Anyway, "...and follow-up posts that may leave the poster with a compound case of Remorse," really takes it over the top, imho.

smiley - oksmiley - biggrin


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Post 32

There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho

'Smileys' is indeed the correct spelling. Well spotted smiley - ok

'Ostensible' means 'appearing as such but not necessarily so', so 'ostensibly' does fit the bill.


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Post 33

pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain)

I thought that's what it meant. The context is that posting is better than face-to-face conversation - and this is because, (to paraphrase), "One can appear to carefully weigh one's words without necessarily doing so before submitting the choicest selection of phrasing." smiley - smiley

Good lord, I hope I'm not making an ass of myself. Ok, here goes - Post Message - smiley - doh


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Post 34

pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain)

Hmmm - wait a minute - I am using it wrong - you are using it right. Well, I am an idiot smiley - biggrin


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Post 35

Leo


smiley - laugh
Thanks, Pailaway.
and I'm always open to flattery. smiley - winkeye

I think I made all the corrections, and I'm going to work on the "what to do if" section.

I stuck with "let loose" for now; you Brits must pardon my English, I'm a 3rd generation American. smiley - blush

smiley - cheers


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Post 36

Leo


Considering wiggling in somewheres Jack Naples's advice on not posting to conversations of dubious topic or never responding offensively to anything.
Also considering that it might not need to be stated outright, when asking the series of questions should eliminate such posts.

smiley - huh

smiley - smiley


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Post 37

Sho - employed again!

smiley - ok

not actually going to say anything.

(except to boast that I'm also a 60wpm-er too smiley - biggrin)


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Post 38

tartaronne

*Takes advice*

smiley - ok


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Post 39

Leo

smiley - run

smiley - blush Actually, I'm between 50 and 60, depending on the keyboard and the subject.

smiley - run


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Post 40

Leo


OK, I've added the section, though I'm not too happy with it. (All those paragraphs starting with "if"...smiley - erm)

Now I need a conclusion, too. smiley - erm

I almost included a section for troll-rehabilitation, but then realized that I don't have much experience in the matter. smiley - smiley


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