http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-910 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:34:25 +0000 malgor 910@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'd just like to add a big <font size="4"><strong>thank you</strong></font> to <em>Nice Admin Lady</em> for explaining the <strong>backtick</strong> function. But I still can't find a backtick on my keyboard. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-824 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:21:07 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 824@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Although Mr Kor's remarks appear on the surface to offer verisimilitude to his objections, a dialogue has developped which lends insights to an opposing view.</p> <p>For example, had the authors of this site wished to make North Americans of native descent quite at home, they would have provided a reserved space referred to as Writers Room.</p> <p>The Writer's Room, therefore, would tactfully be placed at the disposition of the furtive poet, whereas the Writers' Room would be offered to a gregarious community of sharers.</p> <p>Which, come to think of it, reminds me of the old adadge: <strong>When exception proves the rule, your pedant makes a useful tool.</strong> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-814 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:37:28 +0000 malgor 814@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well, I see all three variations scattered around the site - Writers, Writer's and Writers'. It's either democracy gone mad or anarchy retaining its sanity. When it says <em>chiefly N. Amer.</em>, is that, like, amongst descendants of native Indians?</p> <p>You can also put code in between backtick ( ` ) characters</p> <p>it says quite clearly at the bottom of the page. Well, I'm gonna try n put 'code' between backtick characters. Nope. Knew it. Can't be done. I can make a ¬ and a ¦ but how do you get the backtick symbol? One thing's for sure - a backtick ain't no apostrophe.</p> <p>̀Ah, wait a minute, there it is, in front of the A. Hang on...<br /> <strong>̀ code ̀ </strong><br /> There! I did it! Well, sort of. (In the Edit Post box, I see it's just expressed as a direct command: Put code in between <code>backticks</code>. I obeyed.) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-801 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:40:54 +0000 rikkor 801@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Malgor, if that were true (which it isn't), all references would be consistently expressed, which they are not. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-783 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:29:26 +0000 malgor 783@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Perfectly valid interpretation, Mr T. The OCD has</p> <p>room, <strong>v</strong>. <em>chiefly N. Amer.</em> share lodgings, especially at a college or similar institution</p> <p>I think NB counts as a 'similar institution'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-782 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:41:45 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 782@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Though on more mature reflection, it may just be that the [supposed] suppression of an apostrophe places the emphasis on the word "room", working here as a verb. Thus, any number of Writers are assembled, doing something called "rooming". </p> <p>Perhaps. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-677 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:41:36 +0000 AdrianJ 677@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've got some spare apostrophes you can use in the mean time.<br /> Here you go...<br /> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-666 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:38:44 +0000 rikkor 666@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'ankers aweigh. Now Bobby Sands-ing it until it's writers'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-576 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:09:20 +0000 John Square 576@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm just thrilled there is a W in 'writers'.</p> <p>So many software engineers are illiterate ankers. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=194#post-575 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:06:20 +0000 rikkor 575@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Just throw an apostrophe in at the end of "writers" and you'll be there. </p>