Grammar error!

[+DENelson83]

Down at the bottom, it says "There are 1 additional logs."

 

Say what?

 

Shouldn't it read "There is one additional log"?

[+Kryten]

Up with this we will not put.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

'Tis funny... I saw, I noticed, but for some reason it just plain didn't bother me.

 

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[Keystone]

Post a note to each page you see that has this problem, pointing it out.

 

Problem solved.

[GOF's Sock Puppet]

Yeah, OK. I'm sure the team will get right on that.

 

If you think about it I'm sure you can figure out how that happens.

[knowschad]

Down at the bottom, it says "There are 1 additional logs."

Say what?

Shouldn't it read "There is one additional log"?

You're telling this to the team that invented the "Needs Archived" log?

[Motorcycle_Mama]

Post a note to each page you see that has this problem, pointing it out.

 

Problem solved.

 

Best answer I have read today!

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

Is not the thread title a grammatical error?

[knowschad]

Post a note to each page you see that has this problem, pointing it out.

 

Problem solved.

 

Best answer I have read today!

Gotta agree with you there!!

[+RatRunCrew]

Grammar error!, On pages for caches with six logs

 

Oh dear, the grammar nazis will be having a field day with the OP

[+Harry Dolphin]

This is a common problem with the modern computer era. It should be fairly easy to modify a computer program to differentiate between 'one' and 'more than one'. But nobody cares about the proper usage of language any more. I complained to Ma Bell about this many decades ago when my phone bills said: "You have made one calls to information." Nobody cared then, and nobody cares now. It's called 'The Dumbing of America.'

[+Markwell]

It's not even "one and more than one" - it's 1, -1 and everything else.

 

There are 0 logs

There are 2 logs

There is 1 log

[+Chrysalides]

Grammar error!, On pages for caches with six logs

 

Oh dear, the grammar nazis will be having a field day with the OP

Good time to mention Muphry's Law, something else I learned in the forums.

[+Chrysalides]

I propose changing the text to "Maybe there are more logs. Maybe there isn't. I'm not going to tell you because you criticized my grammar."

 

Just for DENelson83, of course.

Edited June 25, 2010 by Chrysalides

[knowschad]

I propose changing the text to "Maybe there are more logs. Maybe there isn't. I'm not going to tell you because you criticized my grammar."

 

Just for DENelson83, of course.

Wouldn't that be, "Maybe there is more logs"?

[+dfx]

how about changing the text of the link to "can i has more logs?"

[+Markwell]

All Your logs Are belong to us.

[BCProspectors]

Someone needs to make a Greasemonkey script to change to link to whatever you want it to be.

[+JeremyR]

Someone needs to make a Greasemonkey script to change to link to whatever you want it to be.

Too tempting

 

grammar_error.user.js

 

I think most of the options mentioned above plus a couple more are included

[+RatRunCrew]

Good time to mention Muphry's Law, something else I learned in the forums.

I thought Murphy's Law related to the Nazis (capital N, German Politics 1932 onwards..) as in 'Hitler used to do that, or You wouldn't get away with that during the war. etc etc

I was merely referring to the grammer nazis, as in 'my english is superior to yours' (usually with American 'spelling errors' )

anyway, now they have been mentioned.....

[+Chrysalides]

Good time to mention Muphry's Law, something else I learned in the forums.

I thought Murphy's Law related to the Nazis (capital N, German Politics 1932 onwards..) as in 'Hitler used to do that, or You wouldn't get away with that during the war. etc etc

I was merely referring to the grammer nazis, as in 'my english is superior to yours' (usually with American 'spelling errors' )

anyway, now they have been mentioned.....

Nah, the Nazi thing is Godwin's Law. Muphry's Law (not Murphy's) states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written" (direct quote from my Wikipedia link above)

 

Edit to add : I was referring to the OP's grammar mistake in his post.

Edited June 26, 2010 by Chrysalides

[+roziecakes]

how about changing the text of the link to "can i has more logs?"

 

I believe that would be "I can haz more logs" but that would probably be copyright infringement:

 

icanhaz...

 

[+BlueDeuce]

Down at the bottom, it says "There are 1 additional logs."

 

Say what?

 

Shouldn't it read "There is one additional log"?

 

Yes, You should typically spell out any number under 10.

[+RatRunCrew]

Yes, You should typically spell out any number under 10.

You are correct, however there should not be a capital letter after a comma.

 

It was bound to happen somewhere in this thread

[+Bear and Ragged]

Down at the bottom, it says "There are 1 additional logs."

 

Say what?

 

Shouldn't it read "There is one additional log"?

 

Yes, You should typically spell out any number under 10.

Yes.

But.

"There is two additional log" would then be wrong.