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Jonathan
Those commas don't work for me. What's the subject noun phrase?simonineaston wrote: ↑2 Apr 2022, 7:57pm ..and while we're talking about articles, the modern trend in spoken English, to eschew the use of an, when the noun it precedes starts with a vowel sound needs to be nipped in the bud.
When there are two pronunciations of the same spelling it isn't clear which you mean if you differentiate them by capitalisation.
I would also say it's meaning is perfectly clear in other contexts. At least, every time that I have seen/heard it ...Jdsk wrote: ↑2 Apr 2022, 11:56amIt's a gambling term. Has a specific meaning in blackjack but the concept applies in many other games.simonineaston wrote: ↑2 Apr 2022, 11:53amHowever, I do wish that lazy journalists could try a little bit harder to find a word or phrase that's an improvement on the meaningless twaddle that is "double-down" - what does it even mean?? It's everywhere! Useless!!
Jonathan
Yes.mattheus wrote: ↑3 Apr 2022, 7:13pmI would also say it's meaning is perfectly clear in other contexts. At least, every time that I have seen/heard itJdsk wrote: ↑2 Apr 2022, 11:56amIt's a gambling term. Has a specific meaning in blackjack but the concept applies in many other games.simonineaston wrote: ↑2 Apr 2022, 11:53amHowever, I do wish that lazy journalists could try a little bit harder to find a word or phrase that's an improvement on the meaningless twaddle that is "double-down" - what does it even mean?? It's everywhere! Useless!!
When there are two pronunciations of the same spelling it isn't clear which you mean if you differentiate them by capitalisation.
That's because the capitalisation of Polish shows the adjective of a proper noun, Poland (or similar), and we deduce the pronunciation from that. Ditto Reading. That doesn't work for the two pronunciations of the and a, because there is no associated proper noun.
I wouldn't if it were at the start of a sentence.
It does because we read it in context. If we are discussing attributes of towns id read it correctly. I’d be lost for a while until I realise you’ve switched to discussing libraries.
Of course context matters.Paulatic wrote: ↑3 Apr 2022, 8:20pmIt does because we read it in context. If we are discussing attributes of towns id read it correctly. I’d be lost for a while until I realise you’ve switched to discussing libraries.
Sports reporters are supposed to mangle grammar and pronunciation: they'd probably be fired if they didn't.