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I've just had an Email from the golf club to inform me that the greenkeeper is off with corvid....

SimpleSimon

That's a neat summary, but I had better not tell Cassie that she is considered an "old bird".

Chris

I have heard people pronounce it Corvid, but never seen it spelt wrongly.

Malone and Jigjag, I'm not saying you're wrong to call them adjectival clauses but I am doubtful. I'm inclined to call them unattached participles, also known as hanging/dangling/misrelated participles, or even misplaced modifiers. I'm happy to be corrected.

chrise @271

Greenkeeper with corvid indeed.

Our greens sometimes get damaged by crows.

I have been getting pedantic about our golf competitions. Twice in recent years a knockout final (singles and foursomes) has been agreed shared when tied after eighteen holes. They should have played extra holes. As it happens I have just donated a trophy for the foursomes now that it's been going for eight years. In backdating the engraved names I called the shared year 'not completed' in contradiction of the four names on the website winners section. We only missed one year through covid and that reads '2021 Covid'.

I admire the two Olympic men high-jumpers for not taking up the option of sharing the gold medal. They battled it out in a jump-off.

Orson, I couldn't remember (if I knew) the technical name for those ... badly worded phrases, I think I just used 'adjectival clauses' as it was mentioned in a nearby post! I'm happy enough just to get the pleasure of being annoyed when one of 'them' comes into view.

PaulH @275
For some time we have had oystercatchers poking their bills into our greens, but the crows watched and copied them!

Years ago, on holiday in Portugal, some friends and I played a 37th hole - lots of people have played 36 in a day, but not many 37! As we approached the green (it was dusk), there were about 30 hoopoes on it - probably the greens were the only parts of the Algarve soft enough for them to get their beaks into....

PaulH
I disagree about the sharing. I've always thought that England and New Zealand should have shared the 2019 cricket world cup (especially as Stokes's boundary off a deflection shouldn't have been given!)

chrise @278

Maybe sharing the 2019 Cricket World Cup would have been a just outcome, but only because the umpires had failed to uphold the rules towards the end. It is not right to tweak the rules during any competition.

I see that in 2023 the Super Over, if tied, would have been repeated until there was a winner.

I don't think the FA Cup has ever been shared. Although a penalty shoot-out is unsatisfactory as a decider, no one has come up with anything better.

Re penalty shootouts. Perhaps musical chairs would be a more entertaining alternative?