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  1. Ruby

    Simple Grammar

    I thought it was Welsh. :/ Edit: OK, sorry, bored at 4am. My posts in this thread have declined slightly in quality since I co-wrote the OP.
  2. Ruby

    Simple Grammar

    She just used Google Translate.
  3. Ruby

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    Macs don't have the Roman alphabet. That's how bad they are.
  4. Ruby

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    I've used Mirry's idea. Lorem Ipsum, I think if we wrote about that kind of word we'd come up against too much trouble. The difference between licence and license exists in British English but rarely in American English, and there are more examples like that. We'd end up having to write about...
  5. Ruby

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    Thanks. I added it at the bottom of the section about apostrophes.
  6. Ruby

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    At the end of Miscellany I've put a very short bit about numerals. I'm thankful for the other suggestions even though I haven't used them. We want to write about the basics, not the trimmings, and I'm afraid I think hyphens are a trimming. I say 'one hundred and one', but neither way is...
  7. Ruby

    Simple Grammar

    Humorous ambiguity with the compound possessive.
  8. Ruby

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    That's why I use the British system. The problem is that John_Smith123 will read our guide and go away to write his magnum opus, and it will begin Oak said, "I overslept"!
  9. Ruby

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    Why did you say harrowing? And it's not a matter of common sense - language makes no sense - it's a matter of usage. Can he get away with using the American usage? Yes. Can he get away with misusing the British usage? No.
  10. Ruby

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    I've always thought that the British rule makes more sense as well. I'm sure opal remembers that I talked at him for hours about this and apostrophes and everything else while the guide was in the making. But in the end, we chose to leave out details. I admit we were loose with the word...
  11. Ruby

    Simple Grammar

    I've added two short parts called 'A lot and Alot' and 'Then and Than'.
  12. Ruby

    Simple Grammar

    Doesn't the pronunciation in your mind of "then" and "than" tell you which one to use?
  13. Ruby

    Simple Grammar

    It seems to be a slightly blurred American English–British English distinction.
  14. Ruby

    Simple Grammar

    Haha, well, I suppose it's too much to expect of teachers that they should actually teach. So where did you look it up?
  15. Ruby

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    Near the end of writing this I got restless and skipped a few things which I shouldn't have, but I do certainly mean to come back and write more. When I do, I'll probably use your ideas. Except, Kratos, whether to use the en dash or the em dash is a moot point: there is definitely not the...
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