From e6d146bb002085f3f3b395a5f6e138e61d4c29c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:55:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Slight rewording in README.md This change is one that is probably subjective which is why the explanation below. It said: Please do NOT bookmark nor link to this experimental web site: Now it's true that following 'not' a nor can be used before the second or further of two[0] or more alternatives (first one being introduced in this case by nor) to suggest that they each are false or do not happen but somehow the wording: Please do NOT bookmark or link to this experimental web site: flows better in my head. Again this is subjectively better and it might even be a controversial thing but this feels better anyway. Not that this is a double negative but on the subject of language a couple fun facts about double negatives: in standard Spanish and Polish they are used AND it was not until after the 16th century that they were frowned up on in English. Question: if !! (not not) cancels out the ! (meaning it's not negative or rather it's true) is !!! (not not not or false) a not (false), a double not (true) or a triple not (false) ? :-) [0] Actually in this case it should be one or more alternatives but this is either a mistake in OED or me being too literal (which is very possible). 'Possibility' would be a better word to use as would 'choice' (but there are certainly other, uh, choices). --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c91797958..1ed93628e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Please visit www.ioccc.org for the official IOCCC web. -Please do NOT bookmark nor link to this [experimental web site](https://ioccc-src.github.io/temp-test-ioccc/). +Please do NOT bookmark or link to this [experimental web site](https://ioccc-src.github.io/temp-test-ioccc/). When this experiment is finished, this site will go away!