Grammar Discussions

[get me outta here]

I am reliably informed by Wikipedia, that is how Americans spell it.

Well if you're going to stuff up you may as well do it properly.
This is on a new residential building I pass regularly.

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[Hvr]

I am reliably informed by Wikipedia, that is how Americans spell it.

What word in the sign are you talking about?

 

[get me outta here]

The bit I did actually read. Not the second panel which I did not.

 

[SeatBackForward]

It pays to have a good authro for signs.

 

[Warks]

Even correctly spelt "unauthorised access not permitted" seems a bit oxymoronic. "No unauthorised access" would be simpler. Authorised access is likely to be permitted I would think.

(Note how Chrome underlines 'spelt' as a spelling mistake. What if I was talking about the wheat?)

 

[JohnK]

Reading a comment on one of the jobs at work.

.... that may of been involved

and next line

.... policies effected should of now of received

This from a person born and raised here. :shock:

 

[Warks]

Saw this one on my favourite news website (for errors):

RARE footage has been captured of an ariel pursuit by a predatory white shark. And what this seal does to escape is incredible.

Which made me think of...

 

[Spongbob]

If you can have fluid ounces then I guess you can have water metres?

 

[anat0l]

If you can have fluid ounces then I guess you can have water metres?

Not that it has much to do with grammar, but not really. Although, metres of water seems a common casual measure of pressure or weight.

 

[andye]

And millimetres of mercury are the standard way of measuring blood pressure

 

[anat0l]

And millimetres of mercury are the standard way of measuring blood pressure

Indeed, mmHg is a very old, traditional unit of pressure, based on the, without surprise, mercury-based barometer, commonly associated from the experiments of Torricelli (hence the alternative unit name for mmHg, torr).

Anyway, nothing grammatical here!

 

[andye]

I miss the old mercury sphygs. Watching the column bounce as you released the valve was quite calming

 

[Warks]

At uni I remember having to know what standard atmospheric pressure was in many different formats. The SI unit was kPa if I recall correctly which translated into millibars and hectoPascals, being the former and latter terms used in TV weather reports.
101.3 kPa
1013 millibars
1013 hectoPascals
760 mm Hg
1 atm (atmosphere).

I'm sure there are others. But all this is irrelevant.

 

[JessicaTam]

At uni I remember having to know what standard atmospheric pressure was in many different formats. The SI unit was kPa if I recall correctly which translated into millibars and hectoPascals, being the former and latter terms used in TV weather reports.
101.3 kPa
1013 millibars
1013 hectoPascals
760 mm Hg
1 atm (atmosphere).

I'm sure there are others. But all this is irrelevant.

AKA 1 bar.

 

[anat0l]

AKA 1 bar.

Strictly speaking, 1 bar = 100,000 Pa. This means that 1 atm = 101.3 kPa = 1.013 bar

However, for most engineering purposes, 1 atm = 1 bar is a close enough approximation for most purposes; indeed, 1 bar is called a technical atmosphere. The boiling point of water at exactly 1 bar of pressure is actually between 99.61[sup]o[/sup]C.

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

Back on topics would youse please [/irony]

 

[Warks]

I saw this headline link on NoNews and I still can't work out what it means:

Does shock early hook spell end for Johnson?

The Ashes 2015: Mitchell Johnson under pressure after less-than impressive England series

 

[chelzmalee]

I have no idea either, Warks.

Have Newscorp stopped paying editors? The amount of spelling mistakes I see on News.com.au is pretty ridiculous.

 

[andye]

I saw this headline link on NoNews and I still can't work out what it means:



The Ashes 2015: Mitchell Johnson under pressure after less-than impressive England series

It would seem to mean: Does the surprise withdrawal of Johnson from the bowling attack suggest his Test playing days are numbered?

Part of the problem is that both 'hook' and 'spell' have very specific meanings in cricket neither of which is being used here

Am trying to think of a non-verbose way of saying the same thing more precisely

 

[Warks]

I was reading a story last week about what companies expected from young people chasing a job. It said something about being good communicators. The article was littered with typos and errors. I was wondering if "attention to detail" was one of the things they looked for at News.