h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Tobago, West Indies, Carribean - A4095948
Author: DanLadle - U1553050

I've worked pretty hard at this, if anyone can see any spelling or gramatical errors I'd be much obliged if you could point them out to me.

Also if you've been and can give me any info I'm missing that'd be good.

Ta very much

Hi DanL,
A very interesting take on the island. Your piece is certainly good enough to be in PR, and might make it to EG in my personal opinion.

I can spot only 2 things that need sorting: The sub-head 'accommodation' is missing an 'm', and under the sub-head 'culture', that word 'laying' is more correctly 'lying'. To lie down, and to lie through your teeth, it is spelt the same. This is a common error. One can lay down one's head, and that is correct, and the past participle is lay, also correct. It is all a matter of context as to which is to be correctly used.

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::AHEM:: 'Caribbean'

Touche! Missed that one Oo, 'Must try harder' you say on my report!

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Thanks for that, Accommodation and Lying are now right, cheers!

Caribbean was a deliberate mistake to try and catch you out...

Okay so I checked the obvious things but forgot about the really obvious ones. Thanks for that. Top marks to you.

Hi Dan,

I like this piece, you've obviously worked hard including all the links etc and it's detailed. It's also a balanced view despite obviously being written by someone with a passion for the place!

I can't see anything to point out, change-wise. Do you think it's finished now?

Jules

Just had to add a footnote about the new supermarket opening this year.

Pretty sure that is it now.

Just remembered, you'll have to take out the subheader 'Tobago' as I think they just need the title and then the first paragraph.

Jules

The Header is no more

Brilliant entry, SpoonMan - would you like to come and join us over at A1286886?

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I'm in the process of subediting your Entry, which you'll find at A4351466. I hope you don't mind, but I've taken out a few of the more obviously commercial links (to specific hotels or brands of beer etc.) - we mustn't upset the strictly non-commercial BBC...

I hope you like what I've done (which, apart from that, isn't much ), but let me know and I'll make any changes before I send it back to the Editors.



Danny B.

Danny,

Cheers for the editing, you did a good job of making it less commercial without taking out any of the actual content!

Just noticed one last thing which is the bottom paragraph in the "Eating And Drinking" section currently says "there is a large variety", should be "there are a large variety"...I think???

If you can change that please and then everything else is good.

Thanks

Dan

Glad you approve

The 'is a large variety' vs. 'are a large variety' is one that always causes problems. I was always taught that it should be 'a large variety' ie, when you're referring to a variety, you're referring to one large collection of things, rather than to each thing individually. For example, you would say: "I have a variety of cabbages" (one variety), but "I have several cabbages" (lots of cabbages).

When I come across this problem, I always seem to end up rewriting it to get round the problem, as no-one can ever agree on it. I'll see what I can do..!

Right - see what you think (A4351466)

Brilliant...

Cheers Mate

Dan

It's now back with the Editors, so look out for it on the Front Page in a few weeks' time