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Hi there. About the ] article: I thought I had done enough looking around for a water hardness article, but who would have thought to look in the most obvious place (], Duh!). I'll work on merging the articles. Which title do you think is better: Hard water or Water hardness? --] 16:00, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC) Hi there. About the ] article: I thought I had done enough looking around for a water hardness article, but who would have thought to look in the most obvious place (], Duh!). I'll work on merging the articles. Which title do you think is better: Hard water or Water hardness? --] 16:00, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
*I'd suggest keeping the name hard water, firstly because that's how most people know it as (IMHO), and secondly because it seems to describe the broader topic, while water hardness sounds like a measure of hard water itself. --] 16:07, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC) *I'd suggest keeping the name hard water, firstly because that's how most people know it as (IMHO), and secondly because it seems to describe the broader topic, while water hardness sounds like a measure of hard water itself. --] 16:07, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

About ]: the "they" vs. "it" controversy when referring to musical groups seems to be a regional variation: ]. To call it "improper grammar" is a little misleading. -] 09:07, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)

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Hi there. About the Water hardness article: I thought I had done enough looking around for a water hardness article, but who would have thought to look in the most obvious place (Hard water, Duh!). I'll work on merging the articles. Which title do you think is better: Hard water or Water hardness? --DanielCD 16:00, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

  • I'd suggest keeping the name hard water, firstly because that's how most people know it as (IMHO), and secondly because it seems to describe the broader topic, while water hardness sounds like a measure of hard water itself. --InShaneee 16:07, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

About Metallica: the "they" vs. "it" controversy when referring to musical groups seems to be a regional variation: American and British English differences#Grammar. To call it "improper grammar" is a little misleading. -leigh (φθόγγος) 09:07, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)