Pedants' Paradise

[Serial_Apologist]

Pedantry gawn mad.

[Old Grumpy]

Pedantry gawn mad.

Spoilsport!

[vinteuil]

have we lost the distinction between Mothering Sunday (aka Laetare Sunday, Refreshment Sunday, Rose Sunday) which occurs in the middle of Lent (and this year was 10 March), and Mother's Day, a recent US invention (well, from the early 20th century) which takes place on the second Sunday in May (this year 12 May)?

My mother would never have accepted 'Mother's Day'...

[french frank]

Spoilsport!

Killjoy was here!

[french frank]

have we lost the distinction between Mothering Sunday (aka Laetare Sunday, Refreshment Sunday, Rose Sunday) which occurs in the middle of Lent (and this year was 10 March), and Mother's Day, a recent US invention (well, from the early 20th century) which takes place on the second Sunday in May (this year 12 May)?

Yes, we have, I'm afraid. I suspect most greetings cards now refer to Mothers' Day. Or Mother's Day.

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes, we have, I'm afraid. I suspect most greetings cards now refer to Mothers' Day. Or Mother's Day.

I reckon another day should be decided for celebrating everyone who dares to fall outside all designated categories. One could call it Some Others' Day, or Smothers' Day for short.

[cria]

One could call it Some Others' Day, or Smothers' Day for short.

Or Smuffersdoavem Day for longer

[Serial_Apologist]

Or Smuffersdoavem Day for longer

Oooh Betty!

[oddoneout]

I reckon another day should be decided for celebrating everyone who dares to fall outside all designated categories. One could call it Some Others' Day, or Smothers' Day for short.

Or Sound of Cinema Sunday...

[oddoneout]

St Mary’s Church in Astbury, Congleton – whose stone doorway was installed in the 12th century

(my bold)
I've noticed this several times recently - it occurs again later in the article from which this came. Shouldn't it be "the stone doorway of which" rather than "whose"? Rewriting the whole sentence slightly differently would also remove "whose" and perhaps not sound so formal as my suggestion above.

[Pulcinella]

(my bold)
I've noticed this several times recently - it occurs again later in the article from which this came. Shouldn't it be "the stone doorway of which" rather than "whose"? Rewriting the whole sentence slightly differently would also remove "whose" and perhaps not sound so formal as my suggestion above.

Thei Merriam_Webster article makes good sense to me.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/whose-used-for-inanimate-objects

[LMcD]

(my bold)
I've noticed this several times recently - it occurs again later in the article from which this came. Shouldn't it be "the stone doorway of which" rather than "whose"? Rewriting the whole sentence slightly differently would also remove "whose" and perhaps not sound so formal as my suggestion above.

Why not just 'the' stone doorway, or 'this stone doorway' if providing a caption for a picture?

[french frank]

Thei Merriam_Webster article makes good sense to me.

A well-argued article. I presume it's factually correct to say that constructions with 'of which' were introduced by later pedants. I need to sit down and think about 'of whom' but I'm (about to be) busy at the moment..

[oddoneout]

Why not just 'the' stone doorway, or 'this stone doorway' if providing a caption for a picture?

It was from an article about vandalism and there was no picture to caption.

The warden at St Mary’s Church in Astbury, Congleton – whose stone doorway was installed in the 12th century – called the police after discovering that up to 90 York stone slabs had been stolen

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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/13/vandalism-rise-historic-english-sites-cost-of-living-crisis-report

[LMcD]

It was from an article about vandalism and there was no picture to caption.
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/...-crisis-report

Sorry - I didn't realize the stone doorway belonged to the warden.