A trivial grammatical point ....
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An aside: shouldn’t it be buses and not busses? I would imagine the latter to be used in the context of say, ‘bussing a table’ or something on those lines... I hope I’m right.
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Hi LL. I know what you mean but then I started thinking about phrases like "out loud". I looked it up and found out that 'loud' is also the adverb: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/loudLincolnshirelass wrote: ↑11 Jan 2018, 05:02 In the busses in our area there is a sign that requests 'Please do not play music too loud.' Now at first I thought that was wrong as it should be LOUDLY, eg, adverb relating to verb 'to play', but then realised that there was also an argument for the sign as it was, with LOUD as an adjective relating to the noun 'music'. Would you say both were acceptable?
Talking of notices, I'm now remembering when Sainsburys changed their express till signs to "8 items or fewer" .
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Hi Conor. According to Oxford, both spellings are correct: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/busConorergosum wrote: ↑15 Jan 2018, 23:21 I think in this case, I would go for ‘loudly’. If the adjective argument was to be made, it could just be rephrased as ‘please do not play loud music’. Although I do think both are grammatically correct.
An aside: shouldn’t it be buses and not busses? I would imagine the latter to be used in the context of say, ‘bussing a table’ or something on those lines... I hope I’m right.
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I am firm, however, that "busses" is the correct spelling. Buses rhymes with fuses.
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‘Please play music quietly’ is more concise and less problematic.
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