19:0719:07, 4 January 2014diffhist−2
Comayagua prison fire
copying and pasting verbatim from a source is pretty dumb. putting quotes around what you've done to highlight the lameness is even dumber. doing it to a short phrase that is common english and does not need attributing is dumber still.
19:0419:04, 4 January 2014diffhist+14
Santiago Fire
Readers find interrupted sentences infuriated. I have never seen a situation where an interruption could not be avoided.
11:1311:13, 4 January 2014diffhist−17
The Valley (stadium)
→History: if it's a stand, call it a stand. if it's a bank, call it a bank. if it was the largest stand in english football, then it was a stand and not a bank, so rm pointless parenthesis.
22:5122:51, 1 January 2014diffhist−24
Gemma Chan
Using 7 words where one will do, and making those seven words an unjustified assumption about the way people perceive the facts instead of just stating the facts, is really stupid. why do so many people do this, and what is being done to try to stop them?
13:0213:02, 31 December 2013diffhist−24
Kaye v Robertson
"a case which is a notable case" is bad writing, repetitive and redundant. by virtue of having been included in the encyclopaedia, it's been deemed notable.
19:0719:07, 4 January 2014diffhist−2
Comayagua prison fire
copying and pasting verbatim from a source is pretty dumb. putting quotes around what you've done to highlight the lameness is even dumber. doing it to a short phrase that is common english and does not need attributing is dumber still.
19:0419:04, 4 January 2014diffhist+14
Santiago Fire
Readers find interrupted sentences infuriated. I have never seen a situation where an interruption could not be avoided.
11:1311:13, 4 January 2014diffhist−17
The Valley (stadium)
→History: if it's a stand, call it a stand. if it's a bank, call it a bank. if it was the largest stand in english football, then it was a stand and not a bank, so rm pointless parenthesis.
22:5122:51, 1 January 2014diffhist−24
Gemma Chan
Using 7 words where one will do, and making those seven words an unjustified assumption about the way people perceive the facts instead of just stating the facts, is really stupid. why do so many people do this, and what is being done to try to stop them?
13:0213:02, 31 December 2013diffhist−24
Kaye v Robertson
"a case which is a notable case" is bad writing, repetitive and redundant. by virtue of having been included in the encyclopaedia, it's been deemed notable.