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Conan The Westy 
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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 Posted - 03/17/2005 : 05:47:03
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He's thumbing his nose at us in a weird sort of a way.
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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benj clews 
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Posted - 03/18/2005 : 01:11:28
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Originally posted by Salopian
Ewan, not Ewen
Fixed- cheers.
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/19/2005 : 02:10:49
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No worries. 'Bennett' is still there, though.
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Stalean 
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 03/19/2005 : 05:50:19
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D and C or D & C
Considered three words (no hyphens) in all dictionaries that I consulted. Review still works in the spirit of "-umentary" standards, IMHO, but if not in spirit, then in count. 
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duh
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 03/19/2005 : 15:36:22
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Eeek, how embarassing! I just realized that my review for Blast From The Past has a mixspelling:
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=930
I wrote claustrophia instead of claustrophobia. That kind of thing happens to me a lot. I hope I'm not becoming senile.
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AC 
"Returning FWFR Old-Timer"
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Posted - 03/19/2005 : 20:31:17
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Easiest way to deal with this is to edit it yourself and email benj to ask him to rush it through - saves him a lot of work, as he mentioned maybe 4 pages ago in this thread. 
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benj clews
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Posted - 03/19/2005 : 23:06:00
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Originally posted by AC
Easiest way to deal with this is to edit it yourself and email benj to ask him to rush it through - saves him a lot of work, as he mentioned maybe 4 pages ago in this thread.
Cheers for saving me from having to type that
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AC
"Returning FWFR Old-Timer"
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Posted - 03/20/2005 : 00:41:44
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No worries - do I get some extra films approved from my pending list as a reward? In the time you would have spent changing the spelling? Huh? 
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/22/2005 : 00:27:53
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Here, "Keeping cup with Jones's" should be "Keeping cup with Joneses", unless I am missing something, which the identity of the reviewer makes me think is possible.
"Bearded Jones' Diary" and "Henry Jones' Diary" would be better as "Bearded Jones's Diary" and "Henry Jones's Diary", since it is Bridget Jones's Diary and thankfully not Bridget Jones' Diary.
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Corduroy Pillow
"All puns intended"
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Posted - 03/22/2005 : 01:08:30
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Originally posted by Salopian
Here, "Keeping cup with Jones's" should be "Keeping cup with Joneses."
Submitted "Keeping cup with Joneses" originally but it was edited to "Keeping cup with Jones's" when it was approved. I assumed the change was to suit a site style. Either way, I was too happy about an approval, and one that did fairly well, to care. Cheers for bringing attention to it.
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 03/22/2005 : 01:54:19
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Originally posted by AC
No worries - do I get some extra films approved from my pending list as a reward? In the time you would have spent changing the spelling? Huh?
My understanding is that you don't have to bug benj with a PM but only type "spelling correction" in the edit box and this will get the job done. I am to much of a realist to think that this will get me any pending list privileges.  
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/22/2005 : 07:47:14
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Originally posted by Corduroy Pillow
it was edited to "Keeping cup with Jones's" when it was approved.
That explains it.
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I assumed the change was to suit a site style.
I think you're being diplomatic.
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/22/2005 : 07:59:14
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Sorry, another one.  There is no such abbreviated word as "til", or "'til" for that matter. "Till" is a separate word to "until".
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 03/22/2005 : 08:31:36
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Originally posted by Corduroy Pillow
quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
Here, "Keeping cup with Jones's" should be "Keeping cup with Joneses."
Submitted "Keeping cup with Joneses" originally but it was edited to "Keeping cup with Jones's" when it was approved. I assumed the change was to suit a site style. Either way, I was too happy about an approval, and one that did fairly well, to care. Cheers for bringing attention to it.
NO! NO! NO! NO!
That's a bad edit! Where is the possesive? The "Jones's" what? There is no possessive. "Joneses" is correct! An apostrophe signals either a contraction or a possesive. "Joneses" is plural, "Jones's" is possesive. CP, you were RIGHT to begin with, which is why I'm effing sick and tired of these so-calld MERPS, or Deputies spending all of their GD time poreing over a back log that had benj virtually frozen -- I mean imagine, a group of people who, for no money, and no public recognition, spend their time "approving" reviews for us so that we can get them posted sooner than would be the case if there were still only one person (good as he is) looking them over!
Why it just makes me wanna get a rope or something and have a necktie party!. Yeah: a necktie party! 
[What my friend is trying to express probably was expresssed fairly early on: Joneses is plural and was correct to begin with. Before editing a review, the editor should at least make sure that the edit is not only correct but also appropriate. Changing the substance of a review is a very real possibility. With great power ...]
Who's idea was that MERP/Deputy thing anyway?
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Reviews that are mixspelled.
