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Thanks to [[User:Gary King]] for developing the "Editing exercise template" used in the exercises. <span class="texhtml" style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em;">[[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]]</span> 04:45, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

==Kudos==

This is an awesome job, Tony. Can I help at all? For example, I'd like to add "date linking" to one of the examples. :) --[[User:Elonka|El]][[User talk:Elonka|on]][[Special:Contributions/Elonka|ka]] 20:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks Elonka; however, I'm looking for constructive criticism. Does the colour-coding system work? Is Exercise 2c too big (seven issues, plus an eighth) for a single chunk? Is the formatting and structure of the exercises OK? [[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User_talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]] 00:39, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

== Exercise 2 - final note ==

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I hesitate to criticise, but "this" is duplicated. Also, is "just" needed? Thus far, I have found the page and exercises useful. Thanks. [[User:Finavon|Finavon]] ([[User talk:Finavon|talk]]) 20:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

:Please ''do'' criticise! Fixed. [[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User_talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]] 01:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

== Example 3b ==

Nice work. Still, something seems to have been lost from Example 3b; I can't tell exactly what was intended. Only two of the errors are colored in the "where the issues are" section, and I'm not sure from the formatting of "the solution" exactly how it addresses the issues. I'm tempted to fix it myself, but I'm sure you already know what you intended, so I'll leave it for you.

There also seems to be some dangling test below example 4&mdash;another example or two in the making?--[[User:Atakdoug|atakdoug]] ([[User talk:Atakdoug|talk]]) 00:50, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

== Example 3a ==

Isn't ''steam locomotive'' also a double adjective (defining ''technology''), which should therefore be hyphenated? I'd say it's a similar situation to ''post-war''. [[User:The Duke of Waltham|Waltham]], <small>[[User talk:The Duke of Waltham|''The Duke of'']]</small> 19:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

:You could hyphenate it, or you mght not: it's one of those borderline case. Certainly American writers are less likely to hyphenate a borderline case. [[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User_talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]] 01:54, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

::True. But clarity is always to be gained from such hyphenations, isn't it? [[User:The Duke of Waltham|Waltham]], <small>[[User talk:The Duke of Waltham|''The Duke of'']]</small> 04:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

::Besides, the example in question is a British one. [[User:The Duke of Waltham|Waltham]], <small>[[User talk:The Duke of Waltham|''The Duke of'']]</small> 04:43, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

== Suggestion ==

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Also, in 3d there's still ''innovative although controversial, innovative'', is this just the tag placement? Thanks for making these exercises, they're a great help! I've never seen anything else like them on Wikipedia. [[user:delldot|<span style="color:#990066;">delldot</span>]] <small>[[user talk:delldot|<span style="color:DarkRed;">talk</span>]]</small> 15:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

:Fixed, I hope. [[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]] 04:54, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

== Example 3e ==

The numbering of the phrases in the solution of example 3e is off. What happened to number five? — [[User:Bellhalla|Bellhalla]] ([[User talk:Bellhalla|talk]]) 12:57, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

:The new numbering system has fixed this, I hope. [[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]] 04:54, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

== First ''SR Merchant Navy Class'' excercise ==