Random Irritations

[Bunkermagnet]

I was surprised it is not fully ‘sealed’.. 4 layers of overlapping glass in my neff.. there is a rubber apron on the 2nd layer which gives a seal, but nothing other than that to ensure full fit..
in her case .. 3 panes..

Is it pyrolytic then?
Also slide and hide and too easy to spill fluid onto the handle are so fluid gets between the glasses.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Elon Musk

 

[IanM]

Elon Musk

He makes a living!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

He makes a living!

He does - but won’t be through advertising on his social media platform

 

[IanM]

I'm too lazy to type their names, but down with all the people I'm supposed to be anti!

Ps. Can someone email the updated list?

 

[Voyager EMH]

One for those with a way with words...

I'm trying to write something and I can't seem to get the order and grammar right...so please help!

"She's gone"


Or is it.

"She's gone"

The words hung, quiet and still, in the air as I tried to take in and comprehend what I’d just heard.

Or perhaps

"She's gone"

The words, quiet and still, hung in the air as I tried to take in and comprehend what I’d just heard.

Or again...

"She's gone"

The words hung, quiet and still in the air as I tried to take in and comprehend what I’d just heard.

Or some other alternative

The words hung quiet and still in the air as I tried to take in and comprehend what I’d just heard.

"Poetic Licence", if you believe in such a thing, allows the author some scope with deviation from convention with regards to grammar.
Whatever the author chooses remains his or her choice of expression.

"Still" is a tricky one. It can mean "motionless" or "continuing" or "remaining". Consider "I'm still bleeding". I am continuing to bleed. I am motionless and bleeding.

"words hung quiet" is perhaps more correctly "words hung quietly".
The hanging words were perhaps motionless in the air and perhaps remaining in the air. Either or both.

One comma after "air" is required for the second clause of the sentence. That is the only comma I would put in.

I would rewrite the sentence as,

The words hung quietly and remained motionless in the air, as I tried to comprehend what I had heard.

"Take in and comprehend" has an element of tautology.
"Just" is unnecessary.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Elon Musk

Says the man happy to use his platform....

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

The words hung quiet and still in the air as I tried to take in and comprehend what I’d just heard.

"Poetic Licence", if you believe in such a thing, allows the author some scope with deviation from convention with regards to grammar.
Whatever the author chooses remains his or her choice of expression.

"Still" is a tricky one. It can mean "motionless" or "continuing" or "remaining". Consider "I'm still bleeding". I am continuing to bleed. I am motionless and bleeding.

"words hung quiet" is perhaps more correctly "words hung quietly".
The hanging words were perhaps motionless in the air and perhaps remaining in the air. Either or both.

One comma after "air" is required for the second clause of the sentence. That is the only comma I would put in.

I would rewrite the sentence as,

The words hung quietly and remained motionless in the air, as I tried to comprehend what I had heard.

"Take in and comprehend" has an element of tautology.
"Just" is unnecessary.

The ‘just’ is there as an indicator of immediate following moment

 

[Beezerk]

Banksy, call me a miserable old git but it's just cheesy nonsense to me

 

[Pin-seeker]

Loud people.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Says the man happy to use his platform....

You’d happily drive one of his cars

 

[bobmac]

You’d happily drive one of his cars

I would.
A nice dark blue Long Range Model 3 please

 

[Voyager EMH]

The ‘just’ is there as an indicator of immediate following moment

Yes it is.
But the reader should be aware of this from the description given in preceding words.

 

[backwoodsman]

The words hung quiet and still in the air as I tried to take in and comprehend what I’d just heard.

"Poetic Licence", if you believe in such a thing, allows the author some scope with deviation from convention with regards to grammar.
Whatever the author chooses remains his or her choice of expression.

"Still" is a tricky one. It can mean "motionless" or "continuing" or "remaining". Consider "I'm still bleeding". I am continuing to bleed. I am motionless and bleeding.

"words hung quiet" is perhaps more correctly "words hung quietly".
The hanging words were perhaps motionless in the air and perhaps remaining in the air. Either or both.

One comma after "air" is required for the second clause of the sentence. That is the only comma I would put in.

I would rewrite the sentence as,

The words hung quietly and remained motionless in the air, as I tried to comprehend what I had heard.

"Take in and comprehend" has an element of tautology.
"Just" is unnecessary.

... is a sentence devoid of any feeling or emotion. I'd take any of SILH's options in prefence.

 

[jim8flog]

Went to do a 5 minute job of trimming one of the bushes in the garden , three and half minutes in to job and the hedge trimmer packed up.

They do not make things like they used to, only had it 20 years.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

You’d happily drive one of his cars

I wouldnt, and when buying a new car recently had no interest in a jelly mould.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Says the man happy to use his platform....

And your point

 

[Bunkermagnet]

And your point

I'm sure youre clever enough to work it out..

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I'm sure youre clever enough to work it out..

Help me out my irritation is the person not the social media platform

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Help me out my irritation is the person not the social media platform

He controls the platform, dictates what goes on. Allows hate, abuse and extremist views, and yet youre irritated with him but are quite happy to quote and use his platform?