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

Yes, it looks much better now. There are still a few minor problems:

I don't understand the sentence that starts "The funny bit.." at all. It doesn't seem to make any sense to me. Could you reword it slightly?

When you say i.e. you actually mean e.g. which means "for example". And we don't use periods after abbreviations here, so it should be eg without any period.

"Ones" should be "one's".

I don't understand baseball either.

A couple of typos to sort:

are not forbidden to play Shorstop > are not forbidden to play Shortstop

movemnts, to throw >movements, to throw

Baseballically challeneged > Baseballically(?!) challenged

get to play Shorstop. > get to play Shortstop. (it isn't really shorstop is it?)

inidcate the same end > indicate the same end

Okay, I've made all these changes, and have pretty much deleted the "Funny bit" sentence. I couldn't find a way of saying it that was better than the 2nd sentence in that paragraph anyway, so I just removed it.

I'm not sure I agree with the replacement of ie with eg. "ie" is latin for "id est", which is basically "that is." It seems to make sense to me, and actually sounds better than "for example," or the old latin "exempli gratia," (eg) which I've always thought sounded cold and sterile. But, given that it is a "Guide," perhaps it should sound that way in the parts where definitions are being given -- so I've changed it.

I was totally caught off-guard by the periods inbetween the letters. It was not until I examined a few sources that I found out it was done this way in the Queen's English. Does this mean that I have to modify my writing for the Queen's English in all cases? Even though I'm Canadian, I'm not sure I can do that. We are so inundated with Americanisms that it's hard to tell which is which. Also, Canada almost has it's own english that is nothing like either. I was shocked to see the word "color" on a Federal Gov't Website. While a vast majority of Canadians add in the extra u, I feel that it might be impossible to write in the Queen's English and be perfect about it.

Anyroad (as I always hear on "All Creatures, Great and Small"), the changes are in, and I greatly appreciate everyone's input.

THANKS!
Lig.

No, Baseballically is not a word -- as it says in the Entry itself. It's a joke, a silly word that seemed more funny to write than "challenged in baseball knowledge," or "baseball dummy," or what have you.

I will change it if necessary for submittal to the guide.

Thanks!
Lig

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