Sitting here in something called a paese with a population of ~2000 during an annual festival called the festa di santa fortunata.
My Italian still betrays my being a native English speaker. So anyone I talk to asks if I'm American. First thing they ask? Clinton or Trump? I can't escape this shitshow of an election on the island of Sicily.
Fucking Clinton's possible pneumonia is being debated on local news. Stars and stones don't these people have anything better to do. Like focus on the fucking festival I came halfway around the world to witness?
No, but doesn't stop it from bothering me. I don't wanna get into politics with Italian farmers and processers. I wanna see the wine making process. I wanna talk olives and oil. I don't want a bunch of young people high five me and old people tell me I'm crazy.
Holy shit, I found a policy position I agree with Trump on (unless he changes his mind): Paid Maternity leave. That you americans do not get this is beyond baffling for me.
Genuine (though off topic) question: How can you mix "0" and "six" in the same written sentence? Does your brain not think "One number I'm writing numerically and another number I'm spelling... but this is fine"?
Personally I have an internal style guide where, in a typical sentence, any number under 10 is a word, and any number above nine uses numerals. Exceptions include when a sentence starts with a number, or when a sentence contains a list of numbers of both single and multiple digits (a bit like Rym's use of "4-12 more years").
As english is my second language I try to be more careful when writing it. I also normally keep a similar rule to write the "numbers less than twelve" as a word (not under ten because eleven and twelve are special also "simple" words rathern than "composites"). There edge-cases though where I will often default to numerics, e.g. when discussing a mathematical or scientific value or a reference to the symbol itself that designates something else, especially in conjunction with other special characters e.g. "I give that a 2% chance of happening", "It was -4°C outside" or "Gordie Howe wore #9".
Genuine (though off topic) question: How can you mix "0" and "six" in the same written sentence? Does your brain not think "One number I'm writing numerically and another number I'm spelling... but this is fine"?
Personally I have an internal style guide where, in a typical sentence, any number under 10 is a word, and any number above nine uses numerals. Exceptions include when a sentence starts with a number, or when a sentence contains a list of numbers of both single and multiple digits (a bit like Rym's use of "4-12 more years").
Honest answer, didn't notice. Normally would catch and fix, however some combo of being in the hot Italian sun, being on my phone, and having my relatives bug me every now and then caused a mistake. One I will let stand as an example to myself to be better.
I wasn't trying to be pedantic. I wasn't even asking for a correction. It's just one of those things that make me realize not everyone has an internal style guide!
Well you're right about one thing. I don't have a formal internal style guide. But I do have an informal one. When I write I usually rewrite things until they "look right". It's not consistent across everything I write, but I do take steps to make it pleasing to my own eye:
I move comas around until they match the pauses in my speah, I fix up capitalisations of possible proper nouns e.g. The Internet vs the internet; and yes, I make my numbers consistent within the body of text I'm writing.
re: starting a sentence with a number; I usually rewrite it until it doesn't.
What happened above was not having time and the frustrating mobile interface causing me to not care about mistakes as much.
Now Trump wants to end all food safety regulation. This man is fucking insane. How can anybody vote for this lunatic?
That's a funny coincidence, considering that just the other day, his Trump Steakhouse in Vegas was shut down for a few days after getting pulled up on 51 different food safety violations. I wonder what prompted him to take that position, after learning a valuable lesson about the importance of food safety regulations?
That's a funny coincidence, considering that just the other day, his Trump Steakhouse in Vegas was shut down for a few days after getting pulled up on 51 different food safety violations.
That's a funny coincidence, considering that just the other day, his Trump Steakhouse in Vegas was shut down for a few days after getting pulled up on 51 different food safety violations.
Because Trump's unfavorables are with groups who disproportionately don't vote. There's more people who are against Trump but aren't voting than who are for Trump but not voting.
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My Italian still betrays my being a native English speaker. So anyone I talk to asks if I'm American. First thing they ask? Clinton or Trump? I can't escape this shitshow of an election on the island of Sicily.
Fucking Clinton's possible pneumonia is being debated on local news. Stars and stones don't these people have anything better to do. Like focus on the fucking festival I came halfway around the world to witness?
But speaking of changing minds:
If Clinton gets in, it'll be 4-12 more years of nothing happening.
If Trump gets in, only the bad things will happen.
Personally I have an internal style guide where, in a typical sentence, any number under 10 is a word, and any number above nine uses numerals. Exceptions include when a sentence starts with a number, or when a sentence contains a list of numbers of both single and multiple digits (a bit like Rym's use of "4-12 more years").
As english is my second language I try to be more careful when writing it. I also normally keep a similar rule to write the "numbers less than twelve" as a word (not under ten because eleven and twelve are special also "simple" words rathern than "composites"). There edge-cases though where I will often default to numerics, e.g. when discussing a mathematical or scientific value or a reference to the symbol itself that designates something else, especially in conjunction with other special characters e.g. "I give that a 2% chance of happening", "It was -4°C outside" or "Gordie Howe wore #9".
I move comas around until they match the pauses in my speah, I fix up capitalisations of possible proper nouns e.g. The Internet vs the internet; and yes, I make my numbers consistent within the body of text I'm writing.
re: starting a sentence with a number; I usually rewrite it until it doesn't.
What happened above was not having time and the frustrating mobile interface causing me to not care about mistakes as much.
At this point off topic is actually on topic.
Maybe naturopathic raw milk cheese.
And I'll also have an un-vaccination station, where concerned parents can remove the vaccines from their kids and thereby counteract their autism.
I hate people so much.