Paul B XenForo moderator Staff member Aug 6, 2010 #1 One for the English grammar experts. On the advanced search page, should Any Forum be changed to All Forums? If not, why not? Upvote 0
One for the English grammar experts. On the advanced search page, should Any Forum be changed to All Forums? If not, why not?
Cezz Well-known member Aug 6, 2010 #2 Brogan said: One for the English grammar experts. On the advanced search page, should Any Forum be changed to All Forums? If not, why not? Click to expand... I guess you are search for a post that appears in Any Forum... It is very unlikely that one post is going to be in All Forums... So in one way it is correct... Though you want to search in All forums not any forum... Hmmm...
Brogan said: One for the English grammar experts. On the advanced search page, should Any Forum be changed to All Forums? If not, why not? Click to expand... I guess you are search for a post that appears in Any Forum... It is very unlikely that one post is going to be in All Forums... So in one way it is correct... Though you want to search in All forums not any forum... Hmmm...
Paul B XenForo moderator Staff member Aug 6, 2010 #3 Not to mention that some of them are categories and not forums I guess this is one of those times where either phrase works?
Not to mention that some of them are categories and not forums I guess this is one of those times where either phrase works?
Dismounted Well-known member Aug 6, 2010 #5 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/any?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic any –adjective 4. every; all Click to expand... http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/all?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic all –adjective 5. any; any whatever Click to expand... They recursively define each other...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/any?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic any –adjective 4. every; all Click to expand... http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/all?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic all –adjective 5. any; any whatever Click to expand... They recursively define each other...
Forsaken Well-known member Aug 6, 2010 #6 "Search any forums" "Search all forums" I still think 'all forums' sounds better.
Wired Active member Aug 6, 2010 #7 Dismounted said: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/any?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/all?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic They recursively define each other... Click to expand... Infinite Loop - See Loop, Infinite Loop, Infinite - See Infinite Loop
Dismounted said: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/any?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/all?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic They recursively define each other... Click to expand... Infinite Loop - See Loop, Infinite Loop, Infinite - See Infinite Loop
Disjunto Well-known member Aug 6, 2010 #8 Dismounted said: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/any?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/all?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic They recursively define each other... Click to expand... personally, I've never trusted reference, they have meanings for a lot of non words in there :| either way, both ways or saying this make sense, so no point changing it.
Dismounted said: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/any?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/all?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic They recursively define each other... Click to expand... personally, I've never trusted reference, they have meanings for a lot of non words in there :| either way, both ways or saying this make sense, so no point changing it.
Enigma Well-known member Aug 6, 2010 #10 Wired said: Infinite Loop - See Loop, Infinite Loop, Infinite - See Infinite Loop Click to expand... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=recursion
Wired said: Infinite Loop - See Loop, Infinite Loop, Infinite - See Infinite Loop Click to expand... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=recursion
MordyT Active member Aug 7, 2010 #11 all forums... Actually, imo, it should be "Search in all forums"...
Dean in memoriam Aug 7, 2010 #12 My guess would be 'any forum' might sound better than having 'all forums' when the other content types (blogs, pages, etc) arrive. Is it really that much of an issue?
My guess would be 'any forum' might sound better than having 'all forums' when the other content types (blogs, pages, etc) arrive. Is it really that much of an issue?
Nick Well-known member Aug 7, 2010 #13 IMO, "any forum" sounds like it'll search any random forum. "All forums" clearly implies that all forums (not just any forum) will be searched.
IMO, "any forum" sounds like it'll search any random forum. "All forums" clearly implies that all forums (not just any forum) will be searched.