What is CORRECT?

**Vegetable** · 8th-October-2007, 11:05 PM

How do you say this

Is it....

Im going to post on the Forum

Or

Im going to post on the Forums

With the s or without?

Or are both ok?

StokeBloke · 8th-October-2007, 11:10 PM

Personally I would say this is ONE forum, split into many sections. In Internet terms this ... errrm ... 'place' where we discuss the price of fish, grammar, car accidents, news articles and occasionally dancing is A forum (singular).

Crazy Shark · 8th-October-2007, 11:11 PM

Well if you use the 'S' it'll be plural so you'll be posting it on more than one forum. But i think the 1st one would be better.

**Vegetable** · 8th-October-2007, 11:17 PM

Do you not find that ppl say...

Im going to post on the forums..

because it has rubbed off onto me

Like in Wow people are like... "selling #### on the forums"

bigdjiver · 8th-October-2007, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegetable

How do you say this

Is it....

Im going to post on the Forum

Or

Im going to post on the Forums

With the s or without?

Or are both ok?

Correct should be in lower case. This is a forum, no capital F. There are other dance forums. There are many WOW forums. You can post on just one forum, or on many.

**ducasi** · 9th-October-2007, 12:16 AM

It's confusing, because although we (or at least I) think of The Forum, it is sub-divided into a number of forums – "chit-chat", "social events", etc... One Forum, multiple forums.

Anyway, like I just said, I am posting on the The Forum. Singular, capitalised, emboldened, italicised and underlined.

spindr · 9th-October-2007, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegetable

Or are both ok?

Neither are ok; at the very least, each statement requires an appropriately located apostrophe.
SpinDr

**SteveK** · 9th-October-2007, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by spindr

Neither are ok; at the very least, each statement requires an appropriately located apostrophe.
SpinDr

Just to get really confusing, there are also those of us who dislike the use of "forums"; and instead prefer using "fora" as the plural of forum. (This is similar to other discussions of plural forms of words derived from latin/greek).

Bet you wished you hadn't asked now?

StokeBloke · 9th-October-2007, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ducasi

It's confusing, because although we (or at least I) think of The Forum, it is sub-divided into a number of forums – "chit-chat", "social events", etc... One Forum, multiple forums.

Anyway, like I just said, I am posting on the The Forum. Singular, capitalised, emboldened, italicised and underlined.

Finally ... I agree with Ducasi!

**Minnie M** · 9th-October-2007, 07:38 AM

excuse me if I am being thick here but ........... surely it depends in what context and who you are talking to

You post on a thread on the forum

**David Bailey** · 9th-October-2007, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveK

Just to get really confusing, there are also those of us who dislike the use of "forums"; and instead prefer using "fora" as the plural of forum. (This is similar to other discussions of plural forms of words derived from latin/greek).

I think we've lost that battle

In fact, I even think "referenda" is losing ground, Radio 4 use "referendums" now.

**ducasi** · 9th-October-2007, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidJames

I think we've lost that battle

In fact, I even think "referenda" is losing ground, Radio 4 use "referendums" now.

Sorry, you've picked the wrong country and/or century to live in if you want to speak ancient Greek or Latin. English is an evolving language.

**Rhythm King** · 9th-October-2007, 08:37 AM

And while we're about it, it's I'm not Im...

**David Bailey** · 9th-October-2007, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ducasi

Sorry, you've picked the wrong country and/or century to live in if you want to speak ancient Greek or Latin. English is an evolving language.

Oh well, could be worse, at least we're not speaking Scottish

Seriously, some words just, I dunno, sound better to me one way rather than the other - and referenda is one of those. Fora, I can live without, however, it sounds too much like flora to me...

**SteveK** · 9th-October-2007, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhythm King

And while we're about it, it's I'm not Im...

And seeing as two options are presented, might the thread title be "Which is CORRECT"

**Beowulf** · 9th-October-2007, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidJames

Oh well, could be worse, at least we're not speaking Scottish

Ahem.. sorry must pick you up on something there. I may be mistaken bur I always thought it was....

Scottish People
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Culture
Scottish Cooking
etc

BUT

Scots Language.

I.e. "I am Scottish therefore I speak Scots"

perhaps this has changed now.. it's what I was told when I was young.

Anyway there are those who would say that the true Scots Language is Gàidhlig.. which I know a few words of.. but couldn't hold a conversation with it.

wigglebum · 9th-October-2007, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegetable

Do you not find that ppl say...

Im going to post on the forums..

because it has rubbed off onto me

Like in Wow people are like... "selling #### on the forums"

Your not a warcraft player are you??

**David Bailey** · 9th-October-2007, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beowulf1970

I.e. "I am Scottish therefore I speak Scots"

Well, unless you're speaking Scottish English of course

**Beowulf** · 9th-October-2007, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidJames

Well, unless you're speaking Scottish English of course

but that's more a dialect than a Language is it not. You might as well have said in your original post..

Quote:

Oh well, could be worse, at least we're not speaking Aberdonian

or

Quote:

Oh well, could be worse, at least we're not speaking Geordie

as a distinct language.. it's Scots , Scottish English isn't Scot's it's English (bit of a clue in the last word there my friend)

TA Guy · 9th-October-2007, 12:09 PM

I had this problem a while back when writing the rules for an obscure, insignificant forum in another place.

In the end, I decided for the sake of clarity, that all the individual sections(forums) would be known collectively as the 'board'. As in 'no swearing on the board'.
And the individual 'sections' would be the forums, as in 'this is the chit chat forum'.

Calling a 'forum' a 'board' seems to have dropped out of favour these days.

8th-October-2007, 11:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
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StokeBloke Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,753 Status: Lightly Dazed Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 929	Re: What is CORRECT? Personally I would say this is ONE forum, split into many sections. In Internet terms this ... errrm ... 'place' where we discuss the price of fish, grammar, car accidents, news articles and occasionally dancing is A forum (singular). Last edited by StokeBloke; 8th-October-2007 at 11:12 PM. Reason: Removed some clarity

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Crazy Shark Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Deep Blue Sea Posts: 2,872 Status: Chase this light with me Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 129	Re: What is CORRECT? Well if you use the 'S' it'll be plural so you'll be posting it on more than one forum. But i think the 1st one would be better.

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Vegetable Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Shoreham Posts: 275 Status: No Status Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 59	Re: What is CORRECT? Do you not find that ppl say... Im going to post on the forums.. because it has rubbed off onto me Like in Wow people are like... "selling #### on the forums" __________________ The Non-Edible Vegetable I Kissed A Girl And I Liked It!!!, Come Break My Heart... Bitch

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ducasi Lovely Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 9,639 Status: gone fishing! Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 6 Rep.: 3277	Re: What is CORRECT? It's confusing, because although we (or at least I) think of The Forum, it is sub-divided into a number of forums – "chit-chat", "social events", etc... One Forum, multiple forums. Anyway, like I just said, I am posting on the The Forum. Singular, capitalised, emboldened, italicised and underlined. __________________ Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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Minnie M Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hove Actually Posts: 6,771 Status: Lynda is so looking forward to Utopia Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 2019	Re: What is CORRECT? excuse me if I am being thick here but ........... surely it depends in what context and who you are talking to You post on a thread on the forum __________________ --ooOoo-- Age is a question of mind over matter, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter Leroy (Satchel) Paige (1906-1982) Mickey Mouse's girlfriend, Minnie, made her film debut, along with Mickey, in "Steamboat Willie" on November 18, 1928. That date is recognized as her official birthday.

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TA Guy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sunny South Hampshire Posts: 687 Status: No Status Rep Power: 2 Rep.: 304	Re: What is CORRECT? I had this problem a while back when writing the rules for an obscure, insignificant forum in another place. In the end, I decided for the sake of clarity, that all the individual sections(forums) would be known collectively as the 'board'. As in 'no swearing on the board'. And the individual 'sections' would be the forums, as in 'this is the chit chat forum'. Calling a 'forum' a 'board' seems to have dropped out of favour these days.

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