dave to Software Gore@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoFilling in a form for a 17-year-oldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1-7arrow-down1imageFilling in a form for a 17-year-olddave to Software Gore@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredaveOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·7 months agoYour child can’t be both 16 and below. It’s understandable but wrong. If they’d written it in the form “All children 16 and below …” it would have been ok. But still, how do you answer it for a 17-year-old?
minus-squareSanyanov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months ago“16 and below” is a completely normal phrasing. I’m only concerned about no option being there for, you know, kids above 16 :D
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoIn this instance, “If your child is 16 and below” could be better expressed as “If your child is 16 or below” since it only has a singlular subject. “All children 16 and below…” Perfectly cromulent. “If your child is 16 and below…” Awkward.
Your child can’t be both 16 and below. It’s understandable but wrong. If they’d written it in the form “All children 16 and below …” it would have been ok.
But still, how do you answer it for a 17-year-old?
“16 and below” is a completely normal phrasing.
I’m only concerned about no option being there for, you know, kids above 16 :D
In this instance, “If your child is 16 and below” could be better expressed as “If your child is 16 or below” since it only has a singlular subject.
“All children 16 and below…” Perfectly cromulent.
“If your child is 16 and below…” Awkward.
Fair