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Original poster

[PEDANT ALERT] MNHQ - on the home page, can you please correct your glaring error?

36 replies

MamaG · 02/07/2007 12:17

Thank you.

(wonders how may MNers are clicking on "home" to see if they can spot it)

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Ladymuck · 02/07/2007 15:35

THat is just such an un-Tech post! Are they putting soething in his coffee? Or have they checked the back garden to see if someone else is typing from his laptop?

MNHQ
AbbyMumsnet · 02/07/2007 15:01

Tech - about that shed... we had to 'fess up. See posting of Fri 29-Jun-07 11:06:59 here The tarpaulin is in the post, btw.

CodHun · 02/07/2007 14:58

i htought oyu had a pigeon tech

MNHQ
Tech · 02/07/2007 14:57

Ahem......

My dog has a red coat.
Does yours have one?
Does your child's have one?
Does James's have one?
Does his have one?
Does mine have one?

You don't need to keep repeating "dog". I think the the confusion comes from

Does your dog have one?
Does your child's dog have one?
vs
Does yours have one?
Does your child's have one?

In the latter pair "your child's" is like "yours" rather than "your" and doesn't need another noun as it is a noun itself sort of (would we be calling it a noun phrase maybe?).

As counsel for the defence, I rest my case. I'll be back for the final summing up. Unless I'm talking crap, in which case I'll run away back to the shed, and take no further part in the discussion.

Original poster
MamaG · 02/07/2007 13:53

...and everything else in that post...

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PestoMonster · 02/07/2007 13:46

And how should you spell 'grammar'?

Original poster
MamaG · 02/07/2007 13:41

yy it was teacher

dont pick on m'y grammer pleease Im only the lowlie postr

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Tutter · 02/07/2007 12:54

am guessing it's the missing word "teacher"

Ladymuck · 02/07/2007 12:52

Well looking at this thread title, is "glaring" the appropriate word? Do we even know what MamaG's beef was?

MNHQ
AbbyMumsnet · 02/07/2007 12:48

Ha ha!

MegaLegs · 02/07/2007 12:44

Arse! I forgot the ?

MegaLegs · 02/07/2007 12:44

Picky yes - but then isn't that what being pedantic is all about

MNHQ
AbbyMumsnet · 02/07/2007 12:43

I've added teacher, btw, even though it reads like an Ant and Bee book now.

MNHQ
AbbyMumsnet · 02/07/2007 12:43

The India Knight one is just being picky Run it past Google and see how many times you see someone referred to as a Sunday Times' columnist. For some reason you don't.

MNHQ
JJMumsnet · 02/07/2007 12:42

Ok, please put me out of my misery. It was late and I was tired and I'm sorry and have no clue what's wrong.

MollyCoddle · 02/07/2007 12:38

Oooh - is it "'till"?

Wisteria · 02/07/2007 12:37

It's child's teacher anything

chopster · 02/07/2007 12:37

megalegs, you are right re the times.

MegaLegs · 02/07/2007 12:35

Tell me, tell me, I need a wee before I pick up DS3 from pre school

fanella · 02/07/2007 12:35

should it be - mum's net?

MegaLegs · 02/07/2007 12:33

Also should India be a Sunday Times' columnist? I never get apostrophes on words ending with s right though.

MNHQ
AbbyMumsnet · 02/07/2007 12:33

I really don't have the time to search for my colleagues' glaring mistakes... can you just tell me what it is and I'll fix it? Ta v much

chopster · 02/07/2007 12:33

they use loads of speech marks instead of apostrophes, I hate that, it's one of my pet peeves, but seems to be in common usage.

MollyCoddle · 02/07/2007 12:33

Should it be "Bring out the Branston"?

chopster · 02/07/2007 12:32

ooh megalegs, I think you may be right. That doesn't read right at all.

I still think the extra speech mark needs deleting too though.