Talk:Age of consent in North America/Archive 3
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All claims based on "ageofconsent.net" can be removed
https://www.ageofconsent.net/ It is not an academically valid source. It is a simple blog and many of its publications disagree with the penal codes. They admit it themselves "AgeOfConsent.net is a free public resource site, and cannot offer legal advice. All information provided AS-IS with no warranty of accuracy". 2800:150:105:144F:E0F3:8C38:A25F:75EC (talk) 05:00, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Could an established user please fix the grammatical error in the opening sentence?
There’s a grammatical error literally in the opening sentence of this article. The word “either” is used to refer to one of only TWO things (i.e., “either [this] or [that].”) The opening sentence refers to THREE possibilities (“…either age 16, age 17, or age 18.”), making the word “either” grammatically incorrect.
I’d propose rewriting as follows: “…each U.S. state has set its age of consent to the age of 16, 17, or 18.”
A grammatical error literally in the opening sentence of an article is enough to drive me crazy, but because the article is semi-protected, I’m unable to edit myself. Could an established user make this correction? Thank you! 2601:647:4900:FD00:148D:B29F:C2E7:B708 (talk) 03:10, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Joeyconnick: Just for the record, it is perfectly proper to use "either" in conjunction with two or more alternatives. Check the definition at Merriam-Webster. (Personally, my preference would be for it to be expressed as a range.) Fabrickator (talk) 02:36, 21 January 2023 (UTC)