Talk:contraction
Latest comment: 9 months ago by MissMaryMack14 in topic Removal of Examples
Removal of Examples[edit]
I am curious as to why, in your revamping of the page defining the word "contraction," you removed the two examples. I find examples as helpful, if not more helpful than a written explanation. MissMaryMack14 (talk) 23:55, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
- @MissMaryMack14: I'm not sure which usage examples you are referring to. I see a number of examples in the entry; nothing appears to have been deleted. — Sgconlaw (talk) 05:39, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for responding so quickly, SGConlaw. Under English, number 5 definition (linguistics), you left in an example of a contraction that drops a letter at the end of the word. Months ago, I added the example of a contraction at the beginning of a word, using the words "until" and how it becomes " 'til."
- I particularly wanted that example, because peoples' use of Google has made acceptable using "till" as a substitute for the contraction "'til." I was taught, and rightly so, that "till" means to prepare soil for planting crops.
- Since I did NOT want start an editing "war," I decided to leave a topic for discussion. Would you kindly put that example back in? And while you're at it, perhaps you could fix the outline formating. Definitions are too far to the right.
- Thank you,
- MissMaryMack14 MissMaryMack14 (talk) 01:16, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
- @MissMaryMack14: Actually, till has always been an acceptable substitute for until. In fact, until is actually a combination of the prefix un- (also found in unto), and till. Binarystep (talk) 01:28, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
- @MissMaryMack14: are you referring to the usage example under sense 2.1.7? I see one which includes the word ’til there. — Sgconlaw (talk) 02:36, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
- Wow! There it is, under "orthography." Thank you. I didn't realize that there were two definitions that use "didn't" as an example. I don't want to sound too old, because I am not, but I really need to get a new pair of reading glasses.
- Thank you for your time and your gracious manner. MissMaryMack14 (talk) 03:33, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
- @MissMaryMack14: are you referring to the usage example under sense 2.1.7? I see one which includes the word ’til there. — Sgconlaw (talk) 02:36, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
- @MissMaryMack14: Actually, till has always been an acceptable substitute for until. In fact, until is actually a combination of the prefix un- (also found in unto), and till. Binarystep (talk) 01:28, 23 July 2023 (UTC)