OP
Black Hole
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I spot a split infinitive... and an assumption (that readers of the text message will have a data connection so that they can action a link).
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Assume v. Presume
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everthewatcher
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As is the case here - I have a smartphone but it's used as a dumbphone.
prpr
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Oh yes it is.
OP
Black Hole
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It says "polite" because that's one letter different from "police" and gets misread as such without being misrepresentation (other than the fact it's not polite).
EEPhil
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Oops! I changed my mind, almost immediately, about the post and deleted it. But not before you commented.
EEPhil
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A comment I often use (about the police) when watching Police Interceptors.
antipodean
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Reminds me of when I was a small lad, there were traffic police, seperate from the main police force, and they had Triumph motorcycles with a fairing that had TRAFFIC emblazened across the front. One of the local yound lads had a similar Triumph with fairing on which he had emablazoned TERRIFIC.
You mean separate
OP
Black Hole
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First, last, and character count. And I would prefer "wcihh" over "taht".
OP
Black Hole
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"That" is an indicator, "which" is a differentiator.
"Which" is falling into disuse, because the modern trend is to use "that" wherever "which" used to be correct (except in a question).
"Which" is falling into disuse, because the modern trend is to use "that" wherever "which" used to be correct (except in a question).
OP
Black Hole
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Alphabetical Order: why is it A-Z? I appreciate this probably has its roots in Greek, but who decided alpha should come before beta (etc)?
OP
Black Hole
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The order in Welsh is:
a, b, c, ch, d, dd, e, f, ff, g, ng, h, i, j, l, ll, m, n, o, p, ph, r, rh, s, t, th, u, w, y
The only surprise is "ng", and it's still clearly based on Greek via Latin.
However, even knowing this (and the subtle differences in the pronunciation of each letter/diphthong), it can be difficult looking things up because the start of the word mutates according to the preceding sounds (English mutates the endings), but only appears in the dictionary under its root so you have to know what the root is! Not very helpful.
Anyone know the Cyrillic alphabet?
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OP
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What is the matter with the script writers for the news?!!
BBC West local news traffic reports: "all lanes have now re-opened and the vehicles have been recovered" – clearly the wrong way around, it should have been "the vehicles have been recovered and all lanes are now open".
Youth Opportunity Scheme I suppose.
BBC West local news traffic reports: "all lanes have now re-opened and the vehicles have been recovered" – clearly the wrong way around, it should have been "the vehicles have been recovered and all lanes are now open".
Youth Opportunity Scheme I suppose.
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EEPhil
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That old excuse. Or has AI taken over?
EEPhil
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Common usage maybe, but really. Direct current voltage! Surely you measured a direct voltage.
