this is so funny it's not even Dnegs

Okay it is pretty funny

Never let pretty beef go.

wow, I'm so glad to know this fact, because I've always thought punctuation inside the quotes makes absolutely no logical sense, so much so that it's tilting and I won't do it, even in papers I had to write for college.

Now I can smugly point out this fact when people ever say anything to me about it!

First, it does not matter. Second, you try to smugly point that out and who knows what happens next. Besides, you know English grammar does not matter anymore when you hear U.S. Presidents (past and present) among other so-called "educated" people on down the list always use the word "that" instead of "who" as one example. For example, the mistake goes something like this:

Incorrect - I know this poker player that always wins tournaments.
Correct - I know this poker player WHO always wins tournaments.

EVERYONE butchers the English language with at least that mistake all the time without consequence. Cue the NBC line. "The more you know...."

oh goodie, I was worried the grammar discussion had finally ended

Grammar has ended? It is a part of us all. It is like what the Dark Lord said in that Tom Cruise movie "Legend," only replace "darkness" with "grammar" as illustrated below:

The Lord of Darkness: You think you have won! What is light without dark? What are you without me? I am a part of you all. You can never defeat me. We are brothers eternal.

* "The more you know . . . ."

Four errors.

Maybe in the UK.

Not just the UK but confusion reigns in the USA and it needs to be sorted!

In either case HurtLocker had it was wrong which is what really matters

Alo AP style is cleary ridiculous

Technically, I believe you have that NBC sentence wrong too. You have to put a giant yellow star in front of the sentence to get it right. Putting an asterisk there is not the same thing.

I miss this thread.
Greatest display of trolling in all possible directions ever

...unless that "always winning" player is a bot ?

Any legit poker site, by default, should only have and is rightfully assumed to have human poker players at the table. There are those who (may) disrespect/break the basic rules of online poker. This should not be the case for the rules of English grammar too.

Dnegs definitely isn't banned he's half of the commenters on his side in the polk vs negreanu thread

Can we create a separate grammar thread for this crap? Or is it all part of the “experiment”?

I use AP style almost exclusively as part of my job, which means it also seeps into my ordinary communication. This is why I say I work for an "athletics department" rather than an "athletic department," and that the leader of our department is an "athletics director" rather than an "athletic director." It makes sense – neither our department nor our boss is particularly athletic.

As such, it also shows up when I refer to U.S. states. Many people use the two-letter postal code. So they might write "Dayton, OH" while I would write "Dayton, Ohio." What's goofy is that I'll adhere to these rules even in personal correspondence, including text messages.

And if you think that's weird, there are 30 U.S. cities that do not need to be followed by a state identifier. As such, I don't include the state for those, per AP style. So I might write, "I visited some friends in Flagstaff, Ariz." But if my trip had been two hours south, I might say, "I visited some friends in Phoenix." No "Ariz." after Phoenix because it's not required by the AP Stylebook.

Ultimately, I'll lean on AP style for many things, up to and including the fact that I'm one of the rare people from my generation (or older) who adamantly does NOT put two spaces after periods when typing. We GenXers were taught that back when we had typing/keyboarding classes in school. To me, it remains one of the telltale signs of a person's age when I receive an email – almost as reliable as guessing someone's age by whether they use their thumbs or their index finger to text on a smartphone.

Huh. Oxford commas, two spaces, and text with thumbs. How old am I, smart guy?

I have no beef with this thread so long as no one here tries to invoke Strunk & White, the Talmud of law journal editors.

Been 2 months and the site still looks like ass on mobile.

nothing has been changed when it comes to design that i'm aware of. PC and mobile both look the same as ever.

If they are interested in increasing traffic to the site, then optimizing for mobile platforms should be a top priority.

i know that. they know that. sit back and roll your thumbs whilst not holding your breath.

They are currently working on a completely new platform. It will take a while. sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.