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Chilla Wilson (44)
Ahhhhhh. Now I see.
Further to your latest amendments above, and @boyo above
Well I played tight five my entire 'career'.Further to your latest amendments above, and @boyo above
CTS = Crouch Touch Set
<eyes rolled to the sky> /Former piggie expressing outrage about probable former back trying to understand and interpret language related to real rugby players.
Crouch Touch Scrum - indeed.
I need a good one line description for godwins law. The G&GR one not the real one.
# symbol Don't use the # symbol as an abbreviation for 'Number' Use no. (including the full stop).
Apostrophes -See possessive apostrophes
Backrow - Not back-row
Blockquote button - Typesetting convention holds that there are two ways to show a quote: either you put quote marks around it and leave it within the current paragraph, or you set it clear of the paragraph in an indented block. WordPress's Blockquote function serves the latter end. When you apply it, the quoted text is indented, italicised and rendered in a different colour, and has a large double quote mark icon floating beside it.
Capitals - To emphasise a word or phrase, use italics, not CAPITALS.
dash - If you like putting a dash within a sentence for a pause effect, don't use a single hyphen. Wordpress will join double and triple hyphens together to make one longer dash.
Dates - 18 May, Saturday, 18 May. Avoid 18th May, May 18, May 18th etc etc.
Double Quotes - Use 'single quotes', not "double quotes". Singles are the standard in UK and Australian publishing, they look nicer and you don't have to use the Shift key to get them.
However always needs a comma after it. If the comma makes your sentence too pausy, change 'However,' to 'But'.
hyphen - If you like putting a dash within a sentence for a pause effect. Wordpress will join double and triple hyphens together to make one longer dash.
Italics - To emphasise a word or phrase, use italics, not CAPITALS.
journeyman — is a labourer who is paid by the day, not someone who travels a lot!
Names — look 'em up! A great place to look is our weekly team list posts.
no. (including the full stop). Don't use the # symbol as an abbreviation for 'Number
Numbers - Spell out numbers up to twelve and use numerals for anything higher — e.g. 'won four Tests', 'average 16 kicks'.
Match reviews/reports - are to be written in the past tense.
Photos - Not Photo's
Photo credits - 'courtesy of'. 'Care of' denotes leaving something behind (i.e. in someone's care)
Positions -
Possessive apostrophes - If you're mentioning something owned by or attached to someone — e.g. the Waratahs' game plan, Cooper's kicking boot, Pulver's appointment — the owner noun needs an apostrophe.
- Loosehead prop. Not loose head.
- Hooker
- Tighthead prop. Not tight head.
- Lock or loosehead lock or second rower. Not 2nd rower
- Lock or tighthead lock or second rower. Not 2nd rower
- Blindside flanker.
- Openside flanker.
- Number eight or no. eight. Not #8.
- Halfback.
- Flyhalf.
- Left wing or winger.
- Inside centre.
- Outside centre
- Right wing or winger.
- Fullback.
per cent - Spell out the words per cent, except in stats-heavy copy like Austin's; the % symbol is OK there.
quotes - Typesetting convention holds that there are two ways to show a quote: either you put quote marks around it and leave it within the current paragraph, or you set it clear of the paragraph in an indented block. WordPress's Blockquote function serves the latter end. When you apply it, the quoted text is indented, italicised and rendered in a different colour, and has a large double quote mark icon floating beside it.
Reserves - There are no 'run on reserves' or run-on reserves.
Reviews - Please make sure all reviews are in the past tense too - even if you're writing them as they happen.
Single Quotes - Use 'single quotes', not "double quotes". Singles are the standard in UK and Australian publishing, they look nicer and you don't have to use the Shift key to get them.
Spaces - Don't put two spaces between sentences.
stadiums - The plural of stadium is stadiums, not stadia.
Super Rugby - not SupeRugby
Superscript - If your word processor has a default setting for superscript ordinals (e.g. in '2nd place', the nd is on an elevated baseline), turn it off. Superscript screws up the line spacing on the published page.
Surnames that end with s- In UK and Australian English, the standard is to put the apostrophe after the name and add another s: Deans's career, Barnes's kicking.
Test - As per writing on cricket, Test as in 'Test match' gets a capital T.
Tri Nations - There is no hyphen
v. - We abbreviate versus as v. (including the full stop) Not V. Not vs.
Webb Ellis Cup - The RWC trophy is the Webb Ellis Cup — no William, no hyphen.
Paul Alo-Emile. The Rebels THP who is heading to France.What's PAE stand for?