Assume v. Presume

[MikeSh]

OG = Old Git

 

[EEPhil]

OG = Old Git

I'd almost accept that as a compliment.

 

[EEPhil]

Our police are wonderful - I found this in my inbox.

[name] (55) of no fixed address has been charged with attempt theft of two chainsaws at Queens Sconce Park, Newark and possession of cannabis and will appear at Nottingham Magistrates Court on 24 March 2020.

Sconce Park? Science or Nonce?

 

[Black Hole]

An Oxford comma would have been handy. I've been using Oxford commas since before anybody made a fuss about them, of my own devising.

 

[Trev]

Likely be the latter if he was going about his business with a chainsaw or two.
But actually likely this
Isn't there an apostrophe missing or are the several queens?

 

[EEPhil]

But actually likely this

I should have checked. It obviously wasn't a mistake.
According to your own link it is Queen's Sconce.
Not forgetting - Nottingham Magistrates' Court.

An Oxford comma would have been handy.

Certainly requires some clarification. I could read that as attempt[ed] theft of Newark. Although I suspect you're referring to a lack of a comma after cannabis.

 

[Trev]

Don't all plods have to have a university degree these days? In what? It sure ain't English and how she are spoke.

 

[prpr]

it strays significantly away from it's original purpose.

Ooh, do you want me to say it?

 

[prpr]

...the Internet is comprised of nodes and...

And another one.
"...the Internet comprises nodes and..."

 

[Black Hole]

No, I used "is comprised of" deliberately. Discuss.

Ooh, do you want me to say it?

To boldly go? It's only "wrong" if you believe the grammatical construction called a "split infinitive" is wrong. There is no poetry in "to go boldly".

 

[Trev]

Ah Ha. I was just going to quote you and pour scorn on "comprises of". I bet you also say PIN number as well.

 

[Black Hole]

comprises of

I didn't use that. It's "comprises" or "comprised of", not "comprises of".

I bet you also say PIN number as well.

Not if I can help it, but the expression is so common...

 

[EEPhil]

I bet you also say PIN number as well.

Aha! RAS syndrome.

 

[Black Hole]

FWIW, I agree with that analysis. When communicating with the common man, one has to do so in a manner which is commonly understood regardless of how incorrect.

 

[EEPhil]

When communicating with the common man, one has to do so in a manner which is commonly understood regardless of how incorrect.

What! In this thread?

 

[RobH1]

When communicating with the common man, one has to do so in a manner which is commonly understood regardless of how incorrect.

You sound like a politician.

 

[peterworks]

FWIW, I agree with that analysis. When communicating with the common man, one has to do so in a manner which is commonly understood regardless of how incorrect.

If @Black Hole was a number 10 adviser he would be out on his ear with comments like this

 

[EEPhil]

If Black Hole was a number 10 adviser

Surely even Dominic Cummings isn't that deranged.

 

[RobH1]

Surely even Dominic Cummings isn't that deranged.

Really?

 

[prpr]

To boldly go?

No. The flippin' apostrophe in "it's" of course. (There wasn't an infinitive in what you wrote anyway, so how could it have been that?)