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| + | == "chance to" = opportunity; "chance of" = probability == | ||
| + | I've started checking pages systematically for misuse of "chance to", and correcting them. | ||
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| + | I realize the expression "chance to hit" is a regular part of D&D jargon, but nothing is lost by changing it to standard English ("chance of hitting" works just fine even on the page [[To-hit]]) along with the rest of the occurrences, most of which look like the product of simple (understandable) ignorance on the part of non-native English speakers, many of whom show a preference for infinitives where English idioms use gerunds. —[[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 14:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :Ten months later and no one has reverted a single one of those many corrections! Thanks for your acceptance of this little bit of pedantry, gang. [[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 12:31, 19 October 2017 (UTC) | ||
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| + | == "due to the fact that" -> "because" == | ||
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| + | I just changed every instance of "due to the fact that" in this wiki to "because". I bet no one notices. [[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 15:15, 4 May 2018 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 15:17, 4 May 2018
"chance to" = opportunity; "chance of" = probability
I've started checking pages systematically for misuse of "chance to", and correcting them.
I realize the expression "chance to hit" is a regular part of D&D jargon, but nothing is lost by changing it to standard English ("chance of hitting" works just fine even on the page To-hit) along with the rest of the occurrences, most of which look like the product of simple (understandable) ignorance on the part of non-native English speakers, many of whom show a preference for infinitives where English idioms use gerunds. —Netzhack (talk) 14:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
- Ten months later and no one has reverted a single one of those many corrections! Thanks for your acceptance of this little bit of pedantry, gang. Netzhack (talk) 12:31, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
"due to the fact that" -> "because"
I just changed every instance of "due to the fact that" in this wiki to "because". I bet no one notices. Netzhack (talk) 15:15, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
