How to hide an answer??

alxfrdz_agm · 2011-11-21 23:42:32

hi all, I'm newbie in this forum, could you help me how to hide an answer...thanks all

Bob · 2011-11-22 01:23:51

hi Alex,

open square bracket hide] put answer here [/hide close square bracket

where open square bracket = [

and close square bracket = ]

Sorry this is confusing. If I do the complete thing, the "Hidden text" does not show the command.

Anybody know how to get round this?

Bob

Last edited by Bob (2011-11-22 01:30:22)

bobbym · 2011-11-22 03:30:11

Hi Bob;

That is the only way I remember of displaying the hide brackets. Only thing is you cannot put anything between them.

anonimnystefy · 2011-11-22 07:42:06

hi guys

can i hide the hide brackets:

[/hide]

nope...

let me be bold enough to post this:

doesn't work...

of course,code:

nope,doesn't work,and won't work with quotes either,so i guess what bobbym posted is the only way.on another forum i saw tags which allow you to see all of the text without all the BBCode. That should go into the suggestion box!

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phrontister · 2011-11-22 12:06:15

Here's a graphic showing a couple of options:

anonimnystefy · 2012-05-15 10:00:07

Nuthin's nuthin.

phrontister · 2012-05-15 14:50:44

Hi stefy,

anonimnystefy wrote:

Nuthin's nuthin.

That's Preposterous's Fourth Conclusion.

Here are all of Preposterous's Conclusions. I dreamt them up for some brief correspondence (all nonsense) I had with a computer programmer and a mathematical physicist regarding a fanciful, manufactured conclusion drawn from combining certain unrelated postulates. Just a bit of fun.

Preposterous's First Conclusion:

No one knows nuthin'.

Preposterous's Second Conclusion:

Nuthin's closer to nuthin' than sumthin' that's next-to-nuthin'.

Preposterous's Third Conclusion:

There's nuthin' like nuthin' to do.

Preposterous's Fourth Conclusion:

Nuthin's nuthin'.

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anonimnystefy · 2012-05-15 17:04:22

Who is that guy? And because his name ends in an s I am sure you don't write another s after the apostrophy.

Grammar Nazi

phrontister · 2012-05-15 18:26:55

Hi stefy,

That guy's name says it all: he's as fictitious as his conclusions.

And because his name ends in an s I am sure you don't write another s after the apostrophy.

With and without the s after the apostrophe are acceptable.

From the Chicago Manual of Style (online):

Q. Which is the correct singular possessive form? Professor Davis class or Professor Daviss class? My history professor specifically requests our guide be the CMOS. Am I wrong that CMOS promotes both usages in this case?
A. In its 15th edition, CMOS allowed the style shown in your first example, but the new 16th edition (7.21) no longer recommends it, although it is not incorrect and other style guides might allow it. Youll be safe if you add the s, even if your professors CMOS isnt up to date.

Fowler's Modern English Usage - which is the authority I use - agrees with CMOS.

Specific instances (such as Jesus' instead of Jesus's) exist - just to confuse the issue.

These are just tiny samples of the kinds of inconsistencies that 'help' to add spice to the English language, ensuring that completely mastering it is an impossible task.

Last edited by phrontister (2012-05-15 18:30:52)

bobbym · 2012-05-15 18:32:29

phrontister · 2012-05-15 21:37:57

Last edited by phrontister (2012-05-16 01:32:05)

anonimnystefy · 2012-05-15 23:59:59

I don't know what the deal is between me and the "apostrophy". I keep getting it wrong.

phrontister · 2012-05-16 01:27:13

Do you mean re its use or its misspelling? If the latter, then maybe:

1. you misread the Urban Dictionary's definition of apostrophy; or
2. you've been listening to the New Jersey rock band Apostrophy too much; or
3. you've got the 1828 version of Webster's Dictionary and you've been reading it after you should have been in bed.

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anonimnystefy · 2012-05-16 01:40:31

Yes,it's the latter. And none of those are correct. I think it is because of the word used in poetry in Serbia called 'apostrofa'. It's used for speaking to someone/something directly.

phrontister · 2012-05-16 02:10:46

Yes, none of those options would have been correct. Mine was just a tongue-in-cheek response.

The Urban Dictionary has very dubious content, only doting mothers of members of Apostrophe listen to their music, and many words (including apostrophy) in the 1828 Webster's are now obsolete.

Could the last syllable's "fee" pronunciation have influenced the misspelling?

anonimnystefy · 2012-05-16 02:13:32

Maybe it is the "fee".

Bob · 2012-05-16 03:53:04

It's ok. Lots of people here have trouble getting it right; Its Shakespeare's language and the Queen's, but still people have trouble with, for example, "you're welcome" and say "your welcome"; which means something else entirely.

As in: "You forgot to lay out the usual red carpet for me when I arrived. Your welcome was substandard! The executioner's axe may fall on one's neck for this!"

"Oh no"; he replied,"The princesses' mother is cross with me."

But that's not nearly as tricky as there / their / they're

"The plan is for us to get their weapons and leave them over there."

"You're dangerous, but they're worse."

Bob's alta ego, the English teacher.

phrontister · 2012-05-16 05:40:32

Hi Bob,

I took it that stefy was saying it was only the spelling of "apostrophe" he had trouble with, not its use.

Your post reminds me, though, of this post of mine in another thread.

My question has remained unanswered for over two years, but I'm sure that you and stefy will solve it straightaway. There are two options for the location of that fly-spot, of course.

Bob · 2012-05-16 06:10:51

hi Phrontister,

That puzzle had escaped my notice.

Bob

ps. Give me a moment and I'll remember another one of those.

anonimnystefy · 2012-05-16 06:26:39

bob bundy wrote:

It's ok. Lots of people here have trouble getting it right; Its Shakespeare's language and the Queen's, but still people have trouble with, for example, "you're welcome" and say "your welcome"; which means something else entirely.
As in: "You forgot to lay out the usual red carpet for me when I arrived. Your welcome was substandard! The executioner's axe may fall on one's neck for this!"
"Oh no"; he replied,"The princesses' mother is cross with me."
But that's not nearly as tricky as there / their / they're
"The plan is for us to get their weapons and leave them over there."
"You're dangerous, but they're worse."
Bob's alta ego, the English teacher.

I know all of those. As phro said,I had trouble with the apostrophe.

bobbym · 2012-05-16 07:29:29

And I started it...

phrontister · 2012-05-16 07:45:17

And I claim the Grammar Nazi started it in post #9.

I just couldn't let stefy get away with that!

bobbym · 2012-05-16 07:49:56

Yes, but I got it first.

anonimnystefy · 2012-05-16 07:54:27

Oh,no you don't,phro! I still do not agree. Firsg,I would like to ask you why there is the counter-example of Jesus'.

Second,please show me the pronunciation of Davis's.

phrontister · 2012-05-16 07:55:29

Then you'll have to change your time in post #11 to be earlier than the time of my edit in post #10...

...unless you change the time of my edit in post #10 to be later than your time in post #11.

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