Pedants United

[Nick Grey]

3) Virginia Wade.

[Ian Thompson]

3) Virginia Wade.

3) Laura Robson (2008).

[Nick Grey]

any para winners as we ought to be inclusive

[Neil Graham]

Ann Haydon and Angela Mortimer were both Wimbledon singles winners in the 1960s.

[Paul Habershon]

Current 'Spectator' magazine, p.11:
'...when Robert Redford walked passed me...'

Not ignorance, of course, but a reminder that spellcheckers can't be perfect subeditors.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"Not ignorance, of course, but a reminder that spellcheckers can't be perfect subeditors."

I was expecting the two "s-words" to be hyphenated, but they're not. Curses, foiled again.

[MJMcCready]

Not really, as metioned. Language isn't owned by anyone. The process of standardization is becoming bittier and bittier. It's just damage limitation these days . We've become more aware/and better but its an uphill battle and a half.

[MJMcCready]

A real challenge lies within functionality and form working together yet form takes greater significance when this is often or quite often not the case. Context assists with the wrong chosen wrong usually but regarding function, sometimes it can just, but usually not.

[Paul Habershon]

A real challenge lies within functionality and form working together yet form takes greater significance when this is often or quite often not the case. Context assists with the wrong chosen wrong usually but regarding function, sometimes it can just, but usually not.

Could the above generously be described as jargon, or is it just 'Mark - my words'?

[Tim Spanton]

Not really, as metioned. Language isn't owned by anyone. The process of standardization is becoming bittier and bittier. It's just damage limitation these days . We've become more aware/and better but its an uphill battle and a half.

Are you sure it's an uphill battle?

[MJMcCready]

Well it carries more weight and the breadth of imported words is greater than before, also the process of acceptance into the OED isn't as rigorous as it used to be but I think this is, in part, to giving into pressure. I think they are doing a better job but have, perhaps, bitten off more than they can chew.

[MJMcCready]

I suppose you could say there are less dialects to deal with, perhaps Scottish being the only (official or otherwise) one.

[Tim Spanton]

Not really, as metioned. Language isn't owned by anyone. The process of standardization is becoming bittier and bittier. It's just damage limitation these days . We've become more aware/and better but its an uphill battle and a half.

Are you sure it's an uphill battle?

Actually, I was being pedantic about your "its" in the last sentence.

[David Sedgwick]

The process of standardization is becoming bittier and bittier. It's just damage limitation these days.

I think that you mean "standardisation". I only allow American in Grand Chess Tour documents.

[Tim Spanton]

The process of standardization is becoming bittier and bittier. It's just damage limitation these days.

I think that you mean "standardisation". I only allow American in Grand Chess Tour documents.

Actually, z is not an Americanism - it used to be standard British English, as can be seen in dictionaries.

For example, if you Google z or s in English the top result deals with organisation/organization:

There is a belief that it is spelt with an 's' in the UK and in the US with a 'z'. In fact, while the US spelling is with a 'z' the UK preferred spelling is also with a 'z' and as an alternative with an 's' if you follow the guidance from leading authoritative dictionaries.