Comments on: My / Your confusion http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion Writing about writing Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zopa, zo good « HookJab: punchy writing about writing http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-103182 Zopa, zo good « HookJab: punchy writing about writing Fri, 04 May 2007 19:28:19 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-103182 [...] 4th, 2007 God bless the internet. Matthew Stibbe of Bad Language blog noticed a patch of clumsy copy on the Zopa website, mentioned it on his blog, and within the [...] [...] 4th, 2007 God bless the internet. Matthew Stibbe of Bad Language blog noticed a patch of clumsy copy on the Zopa website, mentioned it on his blog, and within the [...]

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-103028 Matthew Stibbe Fri, 04 May 2007 15:40:50 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-103028 We noticed. We were just being polite :) We noticed. We were just being polite :)

]]> By: zopa_tom http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-103011 zopa_tom Fri, 04 May 2007 15:13:46 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-103011 It's a minefield! I'm slightly relieved/disappointed nobody's spotted a missing apostrophe that has been nagging at me for months, and which is being fixed in a matter of hours.... It’s a minefield!

I’m slightly relieved/disappointed nobody’s spotted a missing apostrophe that has been nagging at me for months, and which is being fixed in a matter of hours….

]]> By: Nick http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-102886 Nick Fri, 04 May 2007 11:08:39 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-102886 Great response there from zopa tom - but I have a question. Should I be signing in to Zopa with your name and your password or my name and my password ;-) Great response there from zopa tom – but I have a question. Should I be signing in to Zopa with your name and your password or my name and my password ;-)

]]> By: zopa_tom http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-102846 zopa_tom Fri, 04 May 2007 09:52:54 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-102846 Excellent - that'll keep me on my toes. Actually, and rather pertinently, I'm about to test out having a hopper where members (and Zopa Team Members) can post any typos/syntax errors/inconsistencies they see on site, and which I promise to sort out within 48 hours. As a self-confessed pedant myself, I'd love to be able to do that when I spot things on other sites - so am keen to give it a blast at Zopa! What do you reckon? Anyone seen other sites try something similar? Excellent – that’ll keep me on my toes.

Actually, and rather pertinently, I’m about to test out having a hopper where members (and Zopa Team Members) can post any typos/syntax errors/inconsistencies they see on site, and which I promise to sort out within 48 hours.

As a self-confessed pedant myself, I’d love to be able to do that when I spot things on other sites – so am keen to give it a blast at Zopa!

What do you reckon? Anyone seen other sites try something similar?

]]> By: Robert http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-102208 Robert Thu, 03 May 2007 19:10:29 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-102208 "....I’ll have to raise my game now I know you’re checking…!" I'll be checking too. I'm a My Lender! “….I’ll have to raise my game now I know you’re checking…!”

I’ll be checking too. I’m a My Lender!

]]> By: zopa_tom http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-102095 zopa_tom Thu, 03 May 2007 16:57:28 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-102095 I certainly agree Matthew. It's one of those classic wood for the trees things - I must have stared at that screen at least a thousand times and never once stopped to think about it. I'll have to raise my game now I know you're checking...! I certainly agree Matthew. It’s one of those classic wood for the trees things – I must have stared at that screen at least a thousand times and never once stopped to think about it.

I’ll have to raise my game now I know you’re checking…!

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-101813 Matthew Stibbe Thu, 03 May 2007 10:59:07 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-101813 Wow! Within an hour or so, they've changed it. I had no idea that anyone from Zopa would actually read this. It was more a comment on consistency. Still, sometimes my grasp exceeds my reach :) I agree about the MySpace / YourSpace point. But the main thing is to be consistent whichever way you go. Wow! Within an hour or so, they’ve changed it. I had no idea that anyone from Zopa would actually read this. It was more a comment on consistency. Still, sometimes my grasp exceeds my reach :)

I agree about the MySpace / YourSpace point. But the main thing is to be consistent whichever way you go.

]]> By: zopa_tom http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-101812 zopa_tom Thu, 03 May 2007 10:54:11 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-101812 My fault! Good spot - will be changed quick-sharpish. My fault!

Good spot – will be changed quick-sharpish.

]]> By: Martin http://www.badlanguage.net/my-your-confusion/comment-page-1#comment-101800 Martin Thu, 03 May 2007 10:39:31 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=438#comment-101800 As a web developer I've always wondered how you should refer to the user. You see the use of My a lot MySpace or My Profile for example. But My usually implies ownership by the person saying it. To me it means belonging to the computer system and not to the user. So shouldn’t MySpace really be called YourSpace? As a web developer I’ve always wondered how you should refer to the user. You see the use of My a lot MySpace or My Profile for example. But My usually implies ownership by the person saying it. To me it means belonging to the computer system and not to the user.

So shouldn’t MySpace really be called YourSpace?

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