Conversation started Jul 25, 2011 at 17:26.
Grace Note
Grace Note
Jul 25, 2011 17:26
@JSBangs But here's the catch - is there an important enough distinction to warrant separate tags for them?
In the scope of how the site can grow, is there value in keeping the questions about definite articles and indefinite articles separate on the tag level? Or is it more than sufficient to contain both of them within a singular articles tag?
Kit
Kit
@drm65 I am tempted to close for peeving. ;-)
JSBangs
JSBangs
@GraceNote point taken. and since there are only three articles in english, you might as well just tag them a an, and the
or [tag:a(n)] and the
Grace Note
Grace Note
@Kit Could I get an explanation of what "peeving" is?
waiwai933
waiwai933
@Kit Well, if you can find it, you can link it. Google, however, can't seem to find it.
JSBangs
JSBangs
a+an maybe?
drm65
drm65
Jul 25, 2011 17:29
@Kit I have no motive for peeving - I got 4 upvotes and an accept.
Kit
Kit
@waiwai933 I think your comment is nice, and will suffice. I am already tired of looking.
JSBangs
JSBangs
@GraceNote well, i'll put it up to the community
english.stackexchange.com/tags/articles/synonyms
Kit
Kit
@drm65 Hence the wink. But a wink's as good as a nod to a blind man. ☺
JSBangs
JSBangs
^ vote here if you think they should be merged
@Kit, you betweened me
Kit
Kit
@JSBangs Sorry!
@GraceNote Complaining about pet peeves, with use extended into just plain bitchery and ranting.
At least as far as I understand the term.
Grace Note
Grace Note
Jul 25, 2011 17:31
@Kit Ah, gotcha.
JSBangs
JSBangs
on further thought, i think that we should definitely merge with articles. so i encourage people to vote for the synonyms above
Kit
Kit
@drm65 Oh, right. I was one of those upvotes.
JSBangs
JSBangs
this after i looked at the questions for indefinite-article, and over half of them are duplicates of a basic a/an question. there don't seem to be enough indefinite-article questions to support its own tag, which means it should go away, which probably means that definite-article should also go away
 
Conversation ended Jul 25, 2011 at 17:33.