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Talk:Common_English_usage_misconceptions#RfC:_Hyphens.2FDashes_misconception
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See Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Contested_vocabulary. CapnZapp ( talk) 12:06, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
The entry for "they" is confusing, because there are at least three different ways of using "they" with a singular meaning.
I am not passing judgment on the correctness of any of these usages, but only arguing that they are separate questions that should not be confused. Perhaps it should also be mentioned that the question relates at least equally often to the use of "them" or "their". -- Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) ( talk) 22:56, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
"Many verses of the King James Bible begin with and (though this could be regarded as a Hebraism), as does William Blake's poem And did those feet in ancient time (a.k.a. Jerusalem)."
The first sentence doesn't appear relevant, because the beginning of a verse isn't necessarily the beginning of a sentence. If this were talking about sentences beginning with "and", where they may be at the starts of verses, it would be relevant, but that isn't what it says. That said, I'm not overly familiar with the KJV in this regard, so am not sure whether that translation has a new sentence for every new verse. But even so, it would be much more relevant to say that the KJV has sentences beginning with "and" than to say that it has verses beginning with "and".
And why has And did those feet in ancient time been singled out for mention – just because it's the only one that whoever wrote the statement could think of? " And Can It Be" and " Puppy Love" both begin with the word "and". This is even before you consider the probably hundreds or even thousands many more songs/poems that have the word beginning a sentence somewhere therein.... — Smjg ( talk) 12:52, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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Talk:Common_English_usage_misconceptions#RfC:_Hyphens.2FDashes_misconception
Please help improve this related article. Comments should be placed at that Talk page rather than here.
This is irregular.
The Manual of Style links here, yet this article appear to be an ordinary article, not a "metaarticle" directed at Wiki editors.
Please clarify if the advice and recommendations given here apply to the Wikipedia Manual of Style.
See Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Contested_vocabulary. CapnZapp ( talk) 12:06, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
The entry for "they" is confusing, because there are at least three different ways of using "they" with a singular meaning.
I am not passing judgment on the correctness of any of these usages, but only arguing that they are separate questions that should not be confused. Perhaps it should also be mentioned that the question relates at least equally often to the use of "them" or "their". -- Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) ( talk) 22:56, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
"Many verses of the King James Bible begin with and (though this could be regarded as a Hebraism), as does William Blake's poem And did those feet in ancient time (a.k.a. Jerusalem)."
The first sentence doesn't appear relevant, because the beginning of a verse isn't necessarily the beginning of a sentence. If this were talking about sentences beginning with "and", where they may be at the starts of verses, it would be relevant, but that isn't what it says. That said, I'm not overly familiar with the KJV in this regard, so am not sure whether that translation has a new sentence for every new verse. But even so, it would be much more relevant to say that the KJV has sentences beginning with "and" than to say that it has verses beginning with "and".
And why has And did those feet in ancient time been singled out for mention – just because it's the only one that whoever wrote the statement could think of? " And Can It Be" and " Puppy Love" both begin with the word "and". This is even before you consider the probably hundreds or even thousands many more songs/poems that have the word beginning a sentence somewhere therein.... — Smjg ( talk) 12:52, 11 June 2024 (UTC)