<story><title>Lamest Edit Wars</title><url>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>quietbritishjim</author><text>This is very true, and yet the British government message about coronavirus is &amp;quot;stay home&amp;quot; rather than &amp;quot;stay at home&amp;quot;. It sounds rather odd to me. I wonder if they chose it to sound a bit more casual and relatable, or just to match what people were already likely to be hearing elsewhere online.</text></item><item><author>dkdbejwi383</author><text>Americans are very stingy with prepositions:&lt;p&gt;American: I wrote them
British: I wrote to them</text></item><item><author>mehrdadn</author><text>I had no idea this is different in BrE and AmE! What are some other such grammatical differences?</text></item><item><author>willio58</author><text>The examples here are hilarious.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Angels &amp;amp; Airwaves: Forty-six reverts in one hour by two editors. The point of contention? Whether &amp;quot;Angels &amp;amp; Airwaves&amp;quot; is a band or &amp;quot;Angels &amp;amp; Airwaves&amp;quot; are a band. (British English requires &amp;quot;are&amp;quot;, as the band comprises multiple people, while American English requires &amp;quot;is&amp;quot;, as the band is a singular entity.) ALL-CAPS edit summaries laced with profanity and death threats liberally employed by one side.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chimprich</author><text>&amp;quot;Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.&amp;quot; has the ring of a Dominic Cummings slogan. It&amp;#x27;s in the same vein as &amp;quot;Take back control&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Get Brexit Done&amp;quot;. It&amp;#x27;s campaigning distilled down to the minimum possible words.&lt;p&gt;Edit: Interestingly(?), the government official leaflet adds an &amp;quot;at&amp;quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;government&amp;#x2F;publications&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-covid-19-information-leaflet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;government&amp;#x2F;publications&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-covid...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Lamest Edit Wars</title><url>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>quietbritishjim</author><text>This is very true, and yet the British government message about coronavirus is &amp;quot;stay home&amp;quot; rather than &amp;quot;stay at home&amp;quot;. It sounds rather odd to me. I wonder if they chose it to sound a bit more casual and relatable, or just to match what people were already likely to be hearing elsewhere online.</text></item><item><author>dkdbejwi383</author><text>Americans are very stingy with prepositions:&lt;p&gt;American: I wrote them
British: I wrote to them</text></item><item><author>mehrdadn</author><text>I had no idea this is different in BrE and AmE! What are some other such grammatical differences?</text></item><item><author>willio58</author><text>The examples here are hilarious.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Angels &amp;amp; Airwaves: Forty-six reverts in one hour by two editors. The point of contention? Whether &amp;quot;Angels &amp;amp; Airwaves&amp;quot; is a band or &amp;quot;Angels &amp;amp; Airwaves&amp;quot; are a band. (British English requires &amp;quot;are&amp;quot;, as the band comprises multiple people, while American English requires &amp;quot;is&amp;quot;, as the band is a singular entity.) ALL-CAPS edit summaries laced with profanity and death threats liberally employed by one side.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>limograf</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s to fit on the podium because actually everyone is saying &amp;quot;Stay at home&amp;quot;.</text></comment>