![]() noting each one of a large number (usually followed by: For many a day it rained.constituting or forming a large number numerous: many people.Any decent writer understands that he shouldn’t use the same word twice in a sentence if possible, so when the Editorial Board wrote that “too many residents endure,” the following should be “where most, but not all, the shootings occur.” It was this paragraph which caught my attention, in the main editorial in this morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer. Many, some, or much become more in the comparative and most in the superlative. Some have more than one option: little can become littler or less (comparative), and littlest or least (superlative). Some common irregular adjectives are good, better, best and bad, worse, worst. For those, you must memorize how these change the spelling of their positive form to show comparative and superlative degrees. There are a few irregular adjectives and adverbs. These three words-good, better, and best-are examples of the three forms of an adjective or adverb: positive, comparative, and superlative. Not all things are created equal: some are good, others are better, and only the cream of the crop rise to the level of best. One important concept in grammar is the difference between the comparative and the superlative. Thanks for the ride.Writers attempt to communicate with the written word, and decent writers should know at least something about grammar, to ply their trade most efficiently. Goodbye, The Inq, and goodbye to the team too. Hopefully The Inquirer archive will be available somehow, maybe through. My 8.407 posts there during that time are now part of the Silicon.es archive, so at least they (still) haven't vanished. I was there for 4 years, but the site died in Spain a few years later and dissapeared from the publisher, NetMediaEurope. The Inq and its particular language was, I'd say, an 'extended', funny Twitter prequel to follow what was happening at that time. There were other sites to read those kind of pieces. So for me The Inquirer was quite far from the best source to look for deep reviews or opinionated pieces. And doing it in a fun and entertaining way, I guess. I liked to see it as a really quick and easy way to take a look at what was happening on a daily basis on the tech world. We could not compete with the Engadgets, Gizmodos, AnandTechs, TomsHardwares or ArsTechnicas of the world, I guess, so the goal was quite different. Somewhat irreverent, somehwat funny, most of the times brief and not quite detailed (at least during my time leading the Spanish site). It had a different way to tell the tech news. Didn't know the publication that well until I started the job, but it grew on me personal and profesionally. It was my first job as an editor for an online, digital-only media source, as all my career was centered on printed magazines before that. I was Chief Editor of The Inquirer ES, the Spanish adaptation of the original site, which started in June'06. Without you, The INQUIRER would have been a short-lived experiment, but your inquisitiveness, support and, er, often honest feedback made The INQUIRER the success that it was. Over the past two decades, you have been the lifeblood of this website. This is all, of course, because of the fantastic team of journalists behind it.Īnd that brings me to the most important point of all. The site will remain live until the end of March, but Thursday the final day that we will be publishing new content.īefore joining, I was a long-time admirer of the site, which since its debut in 2001 has energised tech journalism with its fearless attitude, snarky reporting, world-reaching exclusives and its ability to have an, er, bit fun now and again. "We came, we Inquired, we're off to the pub." Long-time Slashdot reader pvjr writes that "The Inquirer is giving up the ghost and going dark in March, 2020."Īn announcement on the site from the site's editor explains that the change is " due to a recent decline in digital advertising, along with a change of focus for the business."
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