Suggested correction

[beardless]

Can the references to "then" be replaced with "than" in the following description of the ultralight backpacking subforum:

"Common words
Base pack backpacking the mass of the backpack and the gear inside - not including consumables such as food, water and fuel
light backpacking base weight less then 9.1kg
ultralight backpacking base weight less then 4.5kg
super-ultralight backpacking base weight less then 2.3kg
extreme-ultralight backpacking base weight less then 1.4kg"

[north-north-west]

*smitten*

[beardless]

*smitten*

Glad you seem to approve. I just don't want the site to teach young bushwalkers poor spelling. It is not as if "a" weighs any more than "e".

[north-north-west]

Glad you seem to approve.

A little pedantry covers a multitude of sins (in my book).

[neilmny]

Can the references to "then" be replaced with "than" in the following description of the ultralight backpacking subforum:

"Common words
Base pack backpacking the mass of the backpack and the gear inside - not including consumables such as food, water and fuel
light backpacking base weight less then 9.1kg
ultralight backpacking base weight less then 4.5kg
super-ultralight backpacking base weight less then 2.3kg
extreme-ultralight backpacking base weight less then 1.4kg"

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrgghhh my eyes, my eyes!

[north-north-west]

For the record, I mentioned this to Nik when I first joined and he did say he would do something about it "one day". Fingers crossed that day has arrived.

[wildwalks]

Wow that speellen were reeely bad.

Thanks for pointing it out.
Fixed (plus a few another spellos)

Thanks

Matt

[Son of a Beach]

For the record, I mentioned this to Nik when I first joined and he did say he would do something about it "one day". Fingers crossed that day has arrived.

Ahem... Not me! I'm 'weight-agnostic' and those guidelines were written after I retired. (If I'd written that I would have used bullet points and there would have been a capital letter at the beginning of each line - whether that's correct or not for non-sentences. NB: I'm not trying to suggest that "my way is better", but I just know how I work.)

I'm also pedantic enough about spelling to get pain in the eyes when reading it.

(Thanks Matt for fixing it!)

It is not as if "a" weighs any more than "e".

heheh... now THAT's funny.

[wildwalks]

hehe -- I suspect Nik is correct. If there is a spelling mistake there is a very good chance I was involved in making it in some way or another.
I don't remember writing it, but my memory is as good as my spelling

Matt

[Son of a Beach]

I'm also exceptionally practiced at passing the buck.

[north-north-west]

For the record, I mentioned this to Nik when I first joined and he did say he would do something about it "one day". Fingers crossed that day has arrived.

Ahem... Not me! I'm 'weight-agnostic' and those guidelines were written after I retired. (If I'd written that I would have used bullet points and there would have been a capital letter at the beginning of each line - whether that's correct or not for non-sentences. NB: I'm not trying to suggest that "my way is better", but I just know how I work.)

Yeah, you're right about that. Sorry for trampling your reputation.
But I nudged you about correcting some typos somewhere on the forum when I first joined.

[Son of a Beach]

I believe you. As much as I can be picky about using correct English at times, I can also stuff it up pretty bad myself. I did once comment on these forums that I was COD about it, and some kind person informed me that I probably meant OCD. Doh!

Last edited by Son of a Beach on Wed 12 Sep, 2018 9:35 am, edited 1 time in total.

[ChrisJHC]

The Americans somehow say “less that” and “more that”.

I don’t even know what that means!

[neilmny]

Not to mention nucular, aloominum etc.

[beardless]

I just don't want the site to teach young bushwalkers poor spelling. It is not as if "a" weighs any more than "e".

I have a confession. Around the same time I posted this topic I was adding new errors to the pages of this forum which could be described as a phenomenal (with an "i") achievement (with an extra "c").

No doubt there are more.