...the Salisbury Plain – Definite article not required and in fact, very unusual.
Really? I spent a bit of time there with the British Army and it was de rigueur to call it "the Salisbury Plain". Just "deployed on Salisbury Plain" seems very odd grammar to me.
Peacemaker67 (
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11:20, 22 June 2024 (UTC)reply
The 18th Brigade was preparing to deploy to Greece as part of the Allied deployment to assist the Greeks against an expected Axis invasion when German advances in Cyrenaica resulted in the its deployment to the Libyan port of Tobruk as part of the garrison, the famous “Rats of Tobruk” - I found quite a long sentence. Can we break it up a bit? at least in two.
Is the disused Buna airstrip the same as
Buna Airfield?
It isn't clear. The one the 2/10th fought over was called the Old Strip, as the Japanese had been building a new one, aptly called New Strip. I'm just not sure which one the linked article is about.
Peacemaker67 (
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11:20, 22 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Hughes, who was a strict Methodist, held services at their home – There’s probably nothing wrong with it but the mix of singular and plural here sounds wrong to my ears. What about, held services at the family home?
That's great. The Salisbury Plain still sounds odd to me but I consider that a triviality and certainly not worth holding up this article's promotion. Well done! --
Ykraps (
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05:27, 25 June 2024 (UTC)reply
...the Salisbury Plain – Definite article not required and in fact, very unusual.
Really? I spent a bit of time there with the British Army and it was de rigueur to call it "the Salisbury Plain". Just "deployed on Salisbury Plain" seems very odd grammar to me.
Peacemaker67 (
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11:20, 22 June 2024 (UTC)reply
The 18th Brigade was preparing to deploy to Greece as part of the Allied deployment to assist the Greeks against an expected Axis invasion when German advances in Cyrenaica resulted in the its deployment to the Libyan port of Tobruk as part of the garrison, the famous “Rats of Tobruk” - I found quite a long sentence. Can we break it up a bit? at least in two.
Is the disused Buna airstrip the same as
Buna Airfield?
It isn't clear. The one the 2/10th fought over was called the Old Strip, as the Japanese had been building a new one, aptly called New Strip. I'm just not sure which one the linked article is about.
Peacemaker67 (
click to talk to me)
11:20, 22 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Hughes, who was a strict Methodist, held services at their home – There’s probably nothing wrong with it but the mix of singular and plural here sounds wrong to my ears. What about, held services at the family home?
That's great. The Salisbury Plain still sounds odd to me but I consider that a triviality and certainly not worth holding up this article's promotion. Well done! --
Ykraps (
talk)
05:27, 25 June 2024 (UTC)reply