User talk:Jacobly

Category:Cheeses with Denomination of Origin

Category:Cheeses with Denomination of Origin, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:58, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

National varieties of English

Hello. In a recent edit to the page White Ladder, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 12:35, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Muhandes, Thank you for your explanation and illumination as to the variant of British English for "for ever". No offense (or linguistic imperialism) was intended--quite simply (to my [today apparently ignorant] eyes), it appeared to be a glaring and vexing error. Today it seems I've been shown a new word and I've discovered I need to learn the fine differences between it and one I thought I already knew.^[1] ^[2] Thanks --Jacobly (talk) 13:19, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Truth be told, I learned that myself just a few hours ago, English is far from being my first language. The thing is, you changed the text within a quotation. I was going to fix it by reverting and adding a [sic], but then I thought I'll look around a bit, maybe it isn't even a mistake. --Muhandes (talk) 13:42, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Patricia T. O’Conner; Stewart Kellerman (February 8, 2012). "When "for ever" isn't forever". Grammarphobia Grammar, etymology, usage, and more. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "Guardian and Observer style guide: F". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[1] Patricia T. O’Conner; Stewart Kellerman (February 8, 2012). "When "for ever" isn't forever". Grammarphobia Grammar, etymology, usage, and more. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[2] "Guardian and Observer style guide: F". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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