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What is the difference between pool and pond? If there is one in the fields dug for watering the plants, which should be used? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.202.187.153 ( talk) 05:14, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Glad he did not ask for the difference between a Sea and a Pond (see Billington Sea.) Collect ( talk) 17:35, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hi,
I've got an English question that has to do with the transitional phrase however. More specifically, where it goes in a sentence. Another editor is changing every sentence which begins with however in a particular article I am watching and leaving almost never a good idea to start a sentence with 'However', [...] - Malleus in the edit summary. In some cases, it actually seems like an improvement, but in others, I'm not so sure. To be honest English wasn't my strongest subject at school so I tried looking online. It seems like there are lots of sentences that begin with however. I guess it could just be a matter of personal style, but not sure. Here are some examples of sentences that were edited.
Edited: There is no clear record of when drops were introduced, however.
Edited. It is thought that these were played to only a very limited extent, however.
Edited: This is not equivalent, however, to the more traditional way of "gaining professional status", [...]
I not sure why the first two edits were needed since moving however from the beginning of the sentence to the end IMO does not seem like an improvement at all. I can understand the third edit and it does seem better to me.
Is there a specific rule relating to the word however and where it should go in a sentence? Thanks in advance. Marchjuly ( talk) 07:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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Ihardlythinkso: Once again, I am truly sorry for any comments I made here that offended you. I have stuck them out as well as a sign of my sincerity. I wasn't my intent to call into question your integrity as an editor. I should have chosen my words more carefully.
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Ihardlythinkso is correct. I mistakenly left out the quotations marks for the name Malleus in that edit summary. It was completely unintentional and silly mistake on my part. I should have been more careful. I sincerely apologize to Ihardlythinkso, Eric Corbett and anyone else misled by my mistake.
Marchjuly (
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14:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: As you can see above in this thread, the article was a mess. I tried to improve it. (I did improve it.) It's a bit demoralizing to have an editor come here and display a selected fraction of my edits on the grammar issue, and then suggest my copyedit work might not be "the Wikipedia way". (The background is that I reverted this new-ish editor at the article early on, went to his user Talk to attempt a
WP:BRD, and since then he has been consulting grammar reference boards over minor aspects of my overall editing, leaving innuendo remarks – such as reminding reference board participants how polite he is and of his "spreading good karma" in comparison to the "unpleasnat experience" he had with me on his user Talk. An editor here has gone to the user's Talk as a result of this thread to assure him he was "polite all around". Oh sure. That's a selective point of view. While I'm the editor receiving the negative innuendo comments by this user.
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14:28, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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When you want to ask somebody to remove the sauce or any bits of food left around his mouth after eating, is it okay to just say, "Wipe your mouth."? Thank you. 203.228.255.210 ( talk) 14:30, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
The question demonstrates the discomfort most people feel around others who aren't aware they have stuff around their mouths. It extends to speakers who frequently develop little patches of white spittle on their lips or the corners of their mouth, and some are notorious for it ( John Howard, for example).
I wonder why it bothers us so much. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:17, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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What is the difference between pool and pond? If there is one in the fields dug for watering the plants, which should be used? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.202.187.153 ( talk) 05:14, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Glad he did not ask for the difference between a Sea and a Pond (see Billington Sea.) Collect ( talk) 17:35, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hi,
I've got an English question that has to do with the transitional phrase however. More specifically, where it goes in a sentence. Another editor is changing every sentence which begins with however in a particular article I am watching and leaving almost never a good idea to start a sentence with 'However', [...] - Malleus in the edit summary. In some cases, it actually seems like an improvement, but in others, I'm not so sure. To be honest English wasn't my strongest subject at school so I tried looking online. It seems like there are lots of sentences that begin with however. I guess it could just be a matter of personal style, but not sure. Here are some examples of sentences that were edited.
Edited: There is no clear record of when drops were introduced, however.
Edited. It is thought that these were played to only a very limited extent, however.
Edited: This is not equivalent, however, to the more traditional way of "gaining professional status", [...]
I not sure why the first two edits were needed since moving however from the beginning of the sentence to the end IMO does not seem like an improvement at all. I can understand the third edit and it does seem better to me.
Is there a specific rule relating to the word however and where it should go in a sentence? Thanks in advance. Marchjuly ( talk) 07:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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Ihardlythinkso: Once again, I am truly sorry for any comments I made here that offended you. I have stuck them out as well as a sign of my sincerity. I wasn't my intent to call into question your integrity as an editor. I should have chosen my words more carefully.
Marchjuly (
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14:25, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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Ihardlythinkso is correct. I mistakenly left out the quotations marks for the name Malleus in that edit summary. It was completely unintentional and silly mistake on my part. I should have been more careful. I sincerely apologize to Ihardlythinkso, Eric Corbett and anyone else misled by my mistake.
Marchjuly (
talk)
14:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: As you can see above in this thread, the article was a mess. I tried to improve it. (I did improve it.) It's a bit demoralizing to have an editor come here and display a selected fraction of my edits on the grammar issue, and then suggest my copyedit work might not be "the Wikipedia way". (The background is that I reverted this new-ish editor at the article early on, went to his user Talk to attempt a
WP:BRD, and since then he has been consulting grammar reference boards over minor aspects of my overall editing, leaving innuendo remarks – such as reminding reference board participants how polite he is and of his "spreading good karma" in comparison to the "unpleasnat experience" he had with me on his user Talk. An editor here has gone to the user's Talk as a result of this thread to assure him he was "polite all around". Oh sure. That's a selective point of view. While I'm the editor receiving the negative innuendo comments by this user.
Ihardlythinkso (
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14:28, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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When you want to ask somebody to remove the sauce or any bits of food left around his mouth after eating, is it okay to just say, "Wipe your mouth."? Thank you. 203.228.255.210 ( talk) 14:30, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
The question demonstrates the discomfort most people feel around others who aren't aware they have stuff around their mouths. It extends to speakers who frequently develop little patches of white spittle on their lips or the corners of their mouth, and some are notorious for it ( John Howard, for example).
I wonder why it bothers us so much. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:17, 13 January 2014 (UTC)