On 2020-06-11 13:36, Paul Allen wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 12:30, Peter Neale via Tagging
> <tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
>> ...or (almost getting serious now) we could just assume that, if the 3rd
>> rail is mentioned, then the 1st and 2nd must be there (otherwise it wouldn't
>> be 3rd rail) and, if the 4th rail is mentioned, then the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
>> must also be there.
>
> Please desist from pedantic frivolity. It only encourages others to follow
> suit
> by saying things like "3 rail and 4 rail are grammatically better" and then
> where
> would we be?
My suggestion to use (for example) 3rail instead of 3rd_rail was also
for the benefit of non-English speakers. I have seen countless examples
of "1rd" and "5st" and similar errors. Describing it as a 3-rail or
4-rail system is IMHO less likely to result in mis-spelt tags.
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