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[BJ_M]

how about hex for you ? :P

[ViRaL1]

That'll work.

[Shadowmistress]

Thanks Baldrick. Manditory viewing could be even simpler. Just change the link in "register" to point to the tour instead. I have already put the register link on the last page.

Great! Thanks BJ. You're a lifesaver. You mods can decide which format you prefer.

Now aside from that apostrophe, can anyone else find something wrong with it so I can fix it before it gets converted to the final version?


Thanks again everyone.

[ViRaL1]

I'll give it a twice over.

I just noticed your lazy eye. :P

EDIT: Looks good. The only thing that caught my attention was the tools part, where you say 'from ...' with no 'to...' but that's minor and most people probably wouldn't care one way or the other. Just going over it with a fine tooth comb.

[p_l]

Don't offer corrections unless you're sure you're right

Yup. All due respect, Cap, but "posters" isn't a plural noun in that sentence, but rather a possessive adjective modifying the object noun "matter." It takes an apostrophe.

Again, nice job, SM.

Time for night school p_l:

Plurals and Apostrophes
We use an apostrophe to create plural forms in two limited situations: for pluralized letters of the alphabet and when we are trying to create the plural form of a word that refers to the word itself. Here we also should italicize this "word as word," but not the 's ending that belongs to it. Do not use the apostrophe+s to create the plural of acronyms (pronounceable abbreviations such as laser and IRA and URL*) and other abbreviations. (A possible exception to this last rule is an acronym that ends in "S": "We filed four NOS's in that folder.")

Jeffrey got four A's on his last report card.
Towanda learned very quickly to mind her p's and q's.
You have fifteen and's in that last paragraph.
Notice that we do not use an apostrophe -s to create the plural of a word-in-itself. For instance, we would refer to the "ins and outs" of a mystery, the "yeses and nos" of a vote (NYPL Writer's Guide to Style and Usage), and we assume that Theodore Bernstein knew what he was talking about in his book Dos, Don'ts & Maybes of English Usage. We would also write "The shortstop made two spectacular outs in that inning." But when we refer to a word-as-a-word, we first italicize it — I pointed out the use of the word out in that sentence. — and if necessary, we pluralize it by adding the unitalicized apostrophe -s — "In his essay on prepositions, Jose used an astonishing three dozen out's." This practice is not universally followed, and in newspapers, you would find our example sentence written without italics or apostrophe: "You have fifteen ands in that last paragraph."

Time to dust off the book bag buddy

Source:
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm

The sentence is:

Do not post in a way to change the subject of a topic from the original posters matter.


Posters is not a plural noun here, and your example does not even apply. Posters is a possessive adjective modifying the noun matter, as in the matter of the poster. It takes an apostrophe.


Now stay after school and review the lesson.

[Shadowmistress]

Aw, someone just rephrase the sentence so that I don't have to bother with who's right. :P


EDIT: Now that I think about it, shouldn't it be like this?

Do not post in a way to change the subject of a topic from the original posters' matter.

[p_l]

Do not post in a way to change the original poster's topic.

[p_l]

Or:

Do not post

[jimmalenko]

Aw, someone just rephrase the sentence so that I don't have to bother with who's right. :P

who's or whose ?


I'm with p_l ............ still!

EDIT: Now that I think about it, shouldn't it be like this?

Do not post in a way to change the subject of a topic from the original posters' matter.

That's plural possessive

As in, the matter belongs to all original posters


@SM:
I always thought "No threadjacking" was pretty clear

[tekkieman]

Aw, someone just rephrase the sentence so that I don't have to bother with who's right. :P


EDIT: Now that I think about it, shouldn't it be like this?

Do not post in a way to change the subject of a topic from the original posters' matter.

I believe for it to be that way, it would need to be "Do not change the subject of topics from the original posters' matter."

As posters' implies the possesive of (plural) posters.

Sorry Cap, I'm with p_l on this one. (Doesn't make me right, but I agree).

[tekkieman]

Nice timing jim. Same timestamp on our posts.

[jimmalenko]

Nice timing jim. Same timestamp on our posts.

... and same answer, to boot !

[Shadowmistress]

Here, I'll do this:

Do not post in a way to change the subject of a topic from the original post.

Case closed.

[jimmalenko]

What if the original poster asks further questions, after his initial post ?

j/k, don't mind me

What about:

Please don't hijack threads. If you have an issue, start your own thread.

[Shadowmistress]

@jim



:P

[jimmalenko]

@jim

[offline]

How about:

Do not change the subject while in a topic, instead make a new one

That should cover most problems

[Ripper2860]

Then there's (yes apostorphe and then "s") the disclaimer...


Please note that none of this applies in the Off Topic forum.

[Shadowmistress]

Ok, quick question. What would you call each section such as "newbie general"? Would it be a thread list? A sub-forum? What?

[jimmalenko]

Ok, quick question. What would you call each section such as "newbie general"? Would it be a thread list? A sub-forum? What?

forum.

[Shadowmistress]

All right, all the minor fixes are done and uploaded. It's ready to convert.

[offline]

Great work SM. Don't forget to give yourself credit, maybe a line at the end. You may just have helped
more people than if writing an ordinary guide.

[Shadowmistress]

Thanks. Fixed.

[daamon]

Probably a little late, but hey - recognition at any time is always good in my book.

Awesome job Shadowmistress!!! You should be justifiably proud of your work - well thought out, well presented, clear and concise.

And on the "apostrophe" discussion... In layman's terms:

1. ...member's... = belonging to the member. Possesive. Or...
2. ...member's... = member is. Contraction.
3. ...members... = more than one member. Plural.
4. ...Jones'... = Pronounced "Jones-es". Possesive, when the possesion belongs to a word that already ends in an "s". In this case, the surname "Jones".

[thecoalman]

Yoda: just send me the superfaq and I can add it to the registration email...

I started one if anyone wants to expand, edit, whatever it can be found here: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=253102

[yoda313]

Yoda: just send me the superfaq and I can add it to the registration email...

I started one if anyone wants to expand, edit, whatever it can be found here: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=253102

Hello,

THANKS BALDRICK

And thank you coalman

Kevin

[jimmalenko]

Bump-a-roony ...

I noticed that there had not been any developments with this for a few weeks, and wondered if anyone knows how to (and has or can get the tools to) convert the .pps to flash or animated GIF ?

It would seem to me that that's the only thing required now to get this baby out to the masses

[Baldrick]

http://www.mindleads.com/en/products/jobmaster/kfeatur.htm
but probably not to animated gif.

[BJ_M]

i will convert it to flash right now -- i forgot about it

[Shadowmistress]