User talk:Ebikeguy/Archives/2011/July

Grammar
Please revert your edit to Haggis (card game), it really isn't worth edit warring over.

You could also read the singular they article before deciding what is "correct" grammar. I'm not aware of a Wikipedia guideline regarding this, but would be happy to be directed to one. Thanks. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 10:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I've put the question to the experts. Can we agree to abide by their consensus?  While it would cause me near physical pain if your position proved to represent the current grammatical consensus, I suppose I could "suck it up" if that is the way our language is evolving.  Cheers, Ebikeguy (talk) 15:57, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * PS: I've cross-posted the question to Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language to elicit more expert opinion.  Ebikeguy (talk) 16:18, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I hit a nerve. I know "their" is frowned upon as a substitute for "his/her". However "his/her" is a somewhat awkward phrase that I feel is now fading even from official usage. Not that I ever hear his/her in casual conversation, but books and articles now tend to alternate between using "his and "her" periodically--another unsatisfactory response in my opinion. I think English grammar must inevitably tend toward being descriptive rather than rigidly prescriptive. Especially as it morphs into the new lingua franca of billions, its evolution just won't stand still as each speaker contributes various neologisms and localized grammar conventions borrowed from mother tongues. --Everlong (talk) 19:17, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * PS: I also send my emails with no dashes and browse my internets in lowercase. Always have, just like they do in the future. (:

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Flat bar road bike Description in List of bicycle types
Hi Andrew,

Do you mind if I change your recently-inserted description of a flat bar road bike to, "a road bike fitted with MTB-style shifters, brake levers and a flat handlebar," which comes straight out of the main FBRB article? That seems more definitive than calling it an "in between" bike. Cheers, Ebikeguy (talk) 19:57, 14 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Not at all. That does sound better. -AndrewDressel (talk) 20:11, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

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Re: A barnstar for you!
Thank you for the barnstar! It is an honor to receive one from you. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:58, 31 July 2011 (UTC)