NTNP Chat Thread

[StarlitHome]

just seduce him don't tell him why hehe, thanks girls!

oh I won't be telling him why, he'll get nervous and then it'll never happen! Haha!

 

[JuFer]

good morning everyone! finally a somewhat quiet day ahead of me today...

sorry af got you Laura (! ) and Jennifaerie! I think mine is on its way too - had some spotting yesterday and the cramping is getting worse - ah well. Just wish she makes an appearance sooner rather than later! Had to be a few days before our holiday - typical!

oh Jennifaerie - you know that pic you posted yesterday with the yoga bear - they had it in the Metro this morning as well

good luck with your scan today 24/7 - hope you'll manage the full bladder will be keeping my FX that everything is as it should be!

 

[24/7]

Thanks everyone!! Drunk two pints so far, so one to go before I think I'll be happy I've drunk enough. xxx

 

[Huggles]

Aaaarrrggghhhh *bangs head on wall* - if there's one thing I pride myself in it's that I understand good grammar and spelling (not too worried about it being right on here - but in general if i send something official out i want it correct). So i just got sent a mail to send out to all our biggest clients. I picked up a grammar mistake so corrected it as the mail goes out under my name. The "proof-reader" here came and told me no she is correct, i am wrong, the buck ends with her and she has the final say and i must send it like she had it! Well, i'd already sent it corrected out to 3/4 of the clients, but the last one i had to send her way. Now it looks like I have bad grammar! *bangs head against wall repeatedly* Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!

 

[Jennifaerie]

hehe Huggles - I can settle it for you if you like I'm a copywriter and get several arguments a day over who is correct lol

 

[Carreg]

ugh, know that feeling. I pride myself in correct spelling and grammar in my professional communications too, I have to as it is part of my job to ensure that it is correct on all documents that go out to clients. I spend so much time arguing with people about the fact that I have corrected it because it was wrong originally. We also have brand guidelines we have to stick to, like we can't put st, th, rd or nd after numbers in dates, we are required to use just the number. We are also not allowed to use any capital letters at the start of bullet points, unless it is a proper noun of some kind, or have any punctuation at the end of each bullet point. This is the biggest bone on contention as everyone wants capitals at the start and commas, full stops or semi colons at the end and keep putting them back in or telling me off for removing them. What they don't seem to be able to get into their heads is it's not just my preference, it's a rule dictated by our ultimate parent company, it's not optional or changeable!!

I wouldn't worry too much about your email, if you had sent it out to most people in the correct form then that's good and, to be perfectly honest, most people don't tend to notice bad grammar as much as those of us who have to pay attention to it do!

xxx

 

[Huggles]

Thanks ladies. If you don't mind I will ask your opinions. Maybe i'm totally deluded but i'm pretty sure i'm right.

Original: "The note, as well as previous research notes, are also available on the website"
My version: "This note, as well as previous research notes, is also available on the website"

I mean surely as "The/this note" is the subject it should be is? Otherwise they should have written "All the research notes, including this one, are on the website"???

Am i totally deluded or am i correct?

ETA: If i am deluded please explain WHY so that I can understand.

 

[JuFer]

I would agree with you huggles but can sort of understand as in why they thought they had to use "are" - so not entirely sure on that one.

 

[Jennifaerie]

Huggles you're right, the note is the subject so *is* is correct. Though I can understand why they would have wanted to use *are* - damn plural agreements

 

[Carreg]

hmmm, well 'is' would refer to a single item where as 'are' would refer to multiple items? So, as the single note is the subject of the sentence then I agree that 'is' is correct. I can see why people would find it confusing though!!

xxx

 

[24/7]

Updates in my journal.... xxx

 

[Jennifaerie]

so glad all is well sweet! xx

 

[Huggles]

I know i'm a day early but what's everyone's plans for the weekend?

We're going to the Casino Saturday afternoon to walk around a bit and maybe have coffee and cake and then in the evening we're going to meet up with friends at the new bowling alley (also at the Casino).

Sunday we're (hopefully) gonna drive around and see if we can find any show houses and go walk through some and find out prices etc (more for fun than for actually buying yet - just to get an idea at what we should be looking for).

 

[Carreg]

No plans for this weekend so far other than standard Saturday morning housework & ratty cage cleaning and taking our old mattress to the tip. It's that time of the month when we're starting to feel the squeeze money-wise, especially as we had to have the car in the garage last week, so we'll probably be staying in and relaxing, pottering in the garden and watching movies and playing board games and Wii


xxx

 

[24/7]

OH is at work, so just me for the weekend, so probably just chilling out!!
Not sure if anyone will know what I mean, but so far this afternoon I have eaten three packets of baby organix goodies tomato crisps, my wierd craving today!! xx

 

[JuFer]

We're off to Portugal on Saturday

 

[Jennifaerie]

Ooh how exciting - how long are you there for? We're having some totally pointless house valuation done :'( can't buy the new house until DH gets a new job - I suppose they'll come in handy for part exchanging later on!

Then we're spending Saturday night with some friends in Carlisle, they're 5 months pregnant so we'll get to see their scan and I have someone to not drink with (slimming world)

 

[Huggles]

Enjoy JuFer!
Jennifaerie, could you consider something like House Swap?

 

[4magpies]

Jenni just realised your from Chorley!!

xxx

 

[JuFer]

Thanks huggles!
We're only going for a week but both dh and I are really needing a break just the two of us. We had already booked it in March, so had a long time to look forward to it