Laminated Signs

Nick Harvey · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 00.13

I just love split infinitives.

Finn · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 00.28

Nick Harvey wrote:

I just love split infinitives.

I hate to quibble with the great God of Trains, but this isn't actually a split infinitive.

I can't remember the technical term, but it's basically a misplaced subordinate clause.

martindtanderson · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 00.54

Nick Harvey wrote:

I just love split infinitives.

ALL CHILDREN USING THE TELEVISION ROOM
MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT

I think that fixes it...

Nick Harvey · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 09.44

Neil Green wrote:I hate to quibble with the great God of Trains, but this isn't actually a split infinitive.

I can't remember the technical term, but it's basically a misplaced subordinate clause.

Happy to go along with the great Turtle's definition on that one.

I knew it wasn't QUITE a split infinitive, but was pretty, darn certain it was WRONG!

nidave · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 09.52

I used to love the following sign on a friends entrence to his block of flats:

The management will not tolerate any body dumping within the grounds.

of course the sign was in all CAPITALS and underligned.
The only thing that coudl have made it worse was if it was in Comic Sans.

Finn · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 10.08

Nick Harvey wrote:Happy to go along with the great Turtle's definition on that one.

I knew it wasn't QUITE a split infinitive, but was pretty, darn certain it was WRONG!

Oh yes, quite, quite wrong.

And clumsy too. I can excuse a certain amount of wrongness if there's an element of elegance and grace

And heavens at the Turtle reference. Must be 5 or 6 years since I used that moniker.

Pete · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 10.19

I must say I find the main problem with laminated signs is that the people who write them have no idea about sign writing

Till number 10 at tesco recently had a problem where the belt moved four times the speed it should have done. The sign was along the lines of

"Please could customers using this till lie botles down on the belt to prevent them falling. Thank You"

Which nobody read as it was too wordy and in all caps.

If it had read

WARNING
VERY Fast Belt
Lie Bottles Down

Then it would hyave been far more effective.

I meanwhile have been printing off and laminating no smoking signs to put my in close it smelled to smoke a bit too much the other week. In my opnion its a public place. So there.

Alexia · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 12.40

Hymagumba wrote:I meanwhile have been printing off and laminating no smoking signs to put my in close it smelled to smoke a bit too much the other week.

Eh? Been drinking Hyma?

Pete · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 14.46

Alexia wrote:
Hymagumba wrote:I meanwhile have been printing off and laminating no smoking signs to put my in close it smelled to smoke a bit too much the other week.
Eh? Been drinking Hyma?

Once again I remind you this is a forum based in and managed from Scotland....

rob · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 15.07

Hymagumba wrote:
Alexia wrote:
Hymagumba wrote:I meanwhile have been printing off and laminating no smoking signs to put my in close it smelled to smoke a bit too much the other week.
Eh? Been drinking Hyma?
Once again I remind you this is a forum based in and managed from Scotland....

I take that as a yes then

Pete · Thu 25 Oct, 2007 15.16

rob wrote:
Hymagumba wrote: Once again I remind you this is a forum based in and managed from Scotland....
I take that as a yes then

thats not what I was getting it

Close in Scotland refers to the shared stairway in a tennement (flats)

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