Quote by missingjanedoe
OK, so I know it is an unusual passion to have, but I have always enjoyed proofreading and was wondering about the selection process for the Lush proofreaders. Do you have to post a certain number of stories/posts? Do you have to apply? If so, where? Any information will be gladly received, thanks.

Quote by styar1
yes, i love to do it, an i also lick her friend,s cock before an after, she love,s for me to watch an clean them both!

Quote by tiddlywink


I think you should try proof reading people's work, Jeremy. You've posted many stories over the years and therefore have a great understanding of what the moderators expect in terms of punctuation and small detail.

With a little practice I think you'll be great at it. And you never know, it might be a big step towards getting on to the story moderating team.

I'll drink to that.

Quote by stephanie

I've NEVER been compromised in any way whatever, by THE SITE OWNERS or even by a fellow member...

xx Steph

Quote by Dancewithme


I am not giving percentages because I do not know them but I have known numerous women who prefer anal. Who are we, each of us with our own little favorite activities, to sit in judgement of them?

Quote by MorePleasin
I have no interest in sucking, being sucked, or seeing a guy suck a guy. It would not make me sick, but it would not turn me on either. No interest there at all.

Why two women getting it on is so damn sexy I cannot explain.

Quote by Texasman0812
Bottom

Quote by DanielleX
Sorry, I'm late to this. I've been on holiday.

The correct form is, 'A group of people are playing in the park.' It sounds right cos it is.

People try to talk themselves out of this, stating that 'A group' is singular. It's not. A group is a collective noun and so by definition is plural.

In the same way, 'A flock of sea gulls have just landed on that field' is correct, not 'has landed.'


Incidentally,



A group of geese is a skein (in flight) or a gaggle (on the ground)





Danielle xx

Quote by Wildweasel
Tight, , fun to watch, feels amazing, and not something we get to do all that often. Unless you're one of those lucky guys that has an anal queeen that loves it. Everyone wants what they cant have.

Quote by Frank



As the posts above are timed very close together, do you mean deactivate rather than delete?
After deleting a new account would not hold previous history of posts either.
As such, a user of Lush, however intermittent, should still be referenced to any contributions made.

Quote by ChrissieLecker


This is not a clear-cut case. Almost every noun that stands for more than one of something (collective noun) is in itself singular and can be used as such, though almost all usages agree that you use plural when the verb targets each member of the collective noun indivdually.

In the example, most would use plural, because every member of the group is playing and likely not the same, highly coordinated thing. When it is really important that every member of a collective noun is doing something, plural becomes unavoidable. "The recruits gave their oaths," is just as necessarily plural as, "The new group of recruits gave their oaths," because just a single one not giving it would break the whole image.

In contrast, if you swap "A group" with "A band", which makes the "playing" a coordinated effort and takes the focus away from each individual, you'll look at the band as a whole and use singular -- but let them play "instruments" and you'll be back to plural, because every member of the band plays his/her (I'm deliberately avoiding the neutral 'their' here) instrument differently.

As I wrote, it's not clear-cut, and you'll always find edge cases where you can go one way or another. British English prefers plural while American English tends towards singular, but if in doubt, use a search engine. English can even differ between different parts of the US. Keep in mind that there are some expections that are idiomatic too. In Lush guidelines, we lean slightly towards British English for consistency's sake.

As another example, it's always, "The couple split up to go their own ways," but, depending on regional preference, "The couple had its/their honeymoon in Vegas."

SereneProdigy's advice is correct, also about the class being the best. If you look closely, a class can be the best ever while it still has members who aren't really up to snuff, so you're not looking at every individual.

So, back to the original question, both "is" and "are" can be used, and its more a question of regional preference and consistency (and perhaps applicable style guidelines) than of black-or-white rules. There's no clear, universal, ten-words rule-of-thumb.

Quote by SereneProdigy

Quote by SereneProdigy
The exact same dilemma exists in my own language (and I assume in many other languages as well), and the official grammatical rule to follow is simply to identify which noun is the proper subject.

Which between 'group' and 'people' makes more sense to accept as the subject? It can really depend according to the sentence and/or the context:

In "A group of people are playing" or "A group of people are talking", it makes more sense if 'people' is the subject; many different individuals are interacting with one another, on an individual basis.

In "A group of people is waiting" or "A group of people is singing", it makes more sense if 'group' is the subject; many individuals are performing the exact same action as a whole.

Generally, the one that 'sounds' better is often the correct choice. There are some cases where both could be accepted though, for example "A flock of birds is flying" or "A flock of birds are flying". In this instance you could simply choose according to the emphasis you want to give: do you intend to describe birds that are flying together as a whole, or many different birds that are all flying individually?

Quote by simplyjohn


Pick what you want .. the competition is defo f ..... flipping closed lol.

Quote by Cyndy
Anyone who has a real picture of themselves.

Quote by Shylass
I have family in the military. They won't touch social media (Facebook, etc), or allow photos (either on home turf or from theatre) to be used anywhere, because of the information they contain. They won't even use apps like Strava for tracking physical leisure progress on their private phone.

If you access the internet, however you choose to, you can be tracked in different ways. Therefore, it is important how we conduct ourselves. Anything within private messages, and even from those thingies that disguise your location, etc, can be scrutinised by those who know how.

We all know our private lives are our own, but that the world seeks to bring some down in whatever way they can. In such instances, as long as our activities are not illegal, or borderline, then we have a small corner to fight from.

As far as being tracked goes, welcome to the 21st century!

Nicola has built something that most could only dream of, and not only afforded immense pleasure (sexual, emotional, etc) to thousands (millions?) of individuals, but she has also educated and freed people such as myself in different ways.

This is not some massive commercial company from the off. It was built from nothing by starting with one individual's dream, and it is a pleasure for me to know that not only does she (rightly) ask for help with the running costs, but perhaps in the future, she might even make some profit for herself.

I can't currently afford to pay, but have been gifted Bronze because of my drop of offerings in this heaving ocean of pleasure. If I could afford Gold, then I would buy it. I would buy it for two reasons: because it is time to give something back to keep this growing site (and it WILL continue to grow) travelling onwards and upwards, and to show one woman and her team that they effing deserve support from this user.

As for being tracked, as long as I'm not stepping near or over any legal lines, then I'm happy to be scrutinised. I no longer work in a certain field, and if I did, there is still nothing that I am ashamed of, or that could lose me my job via private investigators for ignorant people with nothing better to do than hound those who need some help getting off for stress release.

So yes, when I can afford to pay, I will. Because not only do I believe it is right and good to put something back if I am able, but Nicola has also chosen to keep the original features of the site FREE. Her concept is still here, and still available. There are different branches that have grown, and we can climb higher if we wish. But the trunk of the tree is still accessible. It would be nice if the dogs didn't pee where I'm sitting, but I'm prepared to sit around the other side of the trunk and ignore them.

Quote by Jam_Wil_Mac
I never have, but would be keen to try. Would reallyprefer to suck on a t-girls cock.

Quote by kornslayer1
It should be 'are'. A group of people are playing in the park. People would be the subject here and playing is still the verb.

Quote by tiddlywink



A tip for you: if a noun is preceded by the word "of" it can't be the subject of a sentence. In this case "people" is telling us what the group consists of and is therefore an adjective. Not too sure about "playing" but I think in this case as it is a verb with "ing" on the end, it's the present particle form of the verb "play".

Jeremy, we need some clever English bods in here to clear this one up.

Somebody heeeeeeeeeelp!

Quote by LuvaLick
The initial attraction was the T/girl but a cock is a cock!