on topic please!

[pezzypops]

Has that ever been tested?? I am not having a go at your figures btw. Just wondering how they can come to such a figure..

Edited June 15, 2009 by pezzypops

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I'm not happy about leaving the apostrophe out of the word don't. However that is the great thing about the English language. It's constantly evolving.

[pezzypops]

Apparently so, given they appeared to have shipped in an extra 5,000 people especially to watch him, although it wa lucky no one fancied a pint since all the staff were watching too

[llcoolphil]

no. this is neil's place, we follow his rules.

if you don't like it start your own forum. or come to the Glasto2009 MFG, we talk endless bollocks in there

[pezzypops]

if i end a sentence with a smiley do i need use a full stop or not?

[robith]

I knew I'd make a mistake somewhere and that some pedant would pull me up on it, but I can't help feeling that the point has been missed. I'm not expecting people to turn into grammar/spelling nazis I'm just asking for a basic level of competence in the English language so we can all read each other's posts easily enough.

Oh, and the apostrophe in "it's" is posessive. The users belong to the forum.

Edited June 15, 2009 by robith

[Rufus Gwertigan]

there are safety figures about how much space a person needs in a crowd (x).

lets say the area of the field is y.

y ÷ x = the capacity of the field

[pezzypops]

My degree is in linguistics and I despise people who deride people who may have a less formal understanding of language. If you understand the point being made, that is all that matters - especially on an internet forum. Spelling is irrelevant if meaning is conveyed.

Edited June 15, 2009 by pezzypops

[bombfrog]

If you're suggesting that it should have an apostrophe, I'd suggest that to be wrong. 'Dont' without an apostrophe is accepted common usage. Indeed, to include the apostrophe could be seen as an antiquated form.

[llcoolphil]

Actually I don't think you do need a comma after the first use of 'thread'. You can put a comma there, or leave it out, without the meaning of the sentence changing.

I'm not happy about leaving the apostrophe out of the word don't. However that is the great thing about the English language. It's constantly evolving.

[Spuddy]

Oh, and the apostrophe in "it's" is posessive. The users belong to the forum.

[pezzypops]

No I see what you are saying, but it is an open area, and has the capacity been tested. There has to be access and exit points blah blah blah. I can do the maths, but we are not looking at an arena here. If we were the HSE would have to put limits on the numbers in the field, as well as the possiblity of crowd control.

Sorry I am been a c**t (not at you), but I have been doind "Crowd and Safety Management", and numbers in festival arenas seems to be a grey area.

I apologise

[pineapple-tea]

Not if a teacher does it. I am not a teacher by the way, but I was trying to be funny, so you have to allow for comedic content.

[pezzypops]

It certainly is - and whether you use their, there or they're is irrelevant. If I write 'its over their', you know exactly what I'm saying!

Edited June 15, 2009 by pezzypops

[Paul ™]

This thread is Gay!

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Mine was only a joke too. I added a smiley and everything

[madspaceangel]

MSA finds all forums are equal and that all is right with the world.

Except in one of the other forums (should that be forii?) I frequent it is forbidden to have seperate 'attendees only' forums for meet specific talk. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth such a thing caused when it first happened.

Now we just do it on facebook instead

Many flounced.

[lofichic]

I think the turn of this whole thread is what Neil is talking about

[pezzypops]

MSA finds all forums are equal and that all is right with the world.

Except in one of the other forums (should that be forii?) I frequent it is forbidden to have seperate 'attendees only' forums for meet specific talk. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth such a thing caused when it first happened.

Now we just do it on facebook instead

Many flounced.

Edited June 15, 2009 by pezzypops

[llcoolphil]

that's poetry

[The Nal]

Disagree away. But yes, let's leave it there - and shall we agree we don't need to be picking people up on there (sic) use of language again?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

That's?

Disagree away. But yes, let's leave it there - and shall we agree we don't need to be picking people up on there (sic) use of language again?

[pezzypops]

That's?

[Wiggum]

/irony

/thread is made of fail.

[pineapple-tea]

Does a 'smilie' count as a full stop in our highly evolving language?

Edited June 15, 2009 by pineapple-tea