Hahaha! Let it go local - we won't hold it against you!

I can't edit either and I don't understand why it can't be fixed. It just seems silly not to fix it.

If you don't hold my typos against me I won't hold your grammatical errors against you. :)

ugh! That peeves my BF too and he actually complained to the manager of a local grocery store many years ago.... he still proudly points out that, thanks to him, the check-out signs there now correctly say: "10 items or fewer". :O)

ETA: seeing if I can edit. lol! Seems to work on a regular computer but hasn't been working on my ipad. What annoys me is auto-complete/auto-correct that introduces errors!

Party music, shortly after I started my current job I noticed the no parking signs around the property said "Florida Statue #..." I kept bugging people until they finally got signs that say "statute"!

Donna

I don't have any problems editing, and wondering if we can sleuth out the issue somehow. Often times, problems like this are tied to the browser. I use Chrome -localeater, which browser do you use?

I cannot edit using Firefox/PC, I haven't tried the Chrome or vintage IE11 installed in this computer but will later this morning.

I am able to edit using Firefox, but the app doesn't give me an edit option.

local, go back to your post, copy it, then delete it. Then paste your saved comments into a new post, edit it, then hit submit.

There are 2 ways I get around the glitch:

1. As Olychick stated, copy the text, delete the offending post, then paste the copied text into a new comment and edit that.

2. Change the URL from 'gardenweb.com' to 'houzz.com', refresh the page, then use the edit button, which works for me. and I do not have to change the .com part, just the first word.

I think (?) another user sleuthed out that it is indeed related to what Carol shared above. If you're using the GW platform you can't edit, but if you use the Hoazz one you can.

Since they've done nothing but try to kill any last remaining traces of our beloved GW community, I assume this is not something they care about or will try to fix.

It might not be fixable...

Thanks Emily!

Thanks @Emily H this is the link to the thread I couldnt edit https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5779401/september-2019-how-is-your-home-build-going#n=252

However I did as @carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b suggested and changed the URL to https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5779401/september-2019-how-is-your-home-build-going#n=252 and made the edit there.

In addition to the edit feature not working with the gardenweb url, the "@user name" call out feature also does not work on gardenweb urls. I switched to Houzz url to tag you in this post since you had requested info.

I use Chrome for my browser and am running WIndows10.

The less vs fewer also bothers me, but I never say anything about it because it is so prevalent. I told someone once that "less" is the comparative for "little", and if "little" does not fit in the sentence, then "less" should not be used. It's easier to remember that "less" can only be used with singular nouns while "fewer" must be used with plural nouns, or at least that's the way it was taught to me in the third grade. My grandmother and mother were both English teachers, and my grandmother was extremely intolerant of grammatical errors. English was her second language, and she only spoke German until she was seven.

I think that in 50 years, no one will use what was considered proper grammar in the 20th Century and earlier.

Here's a good example of a post that I am unable to edit.

I mentioned just after my post that I was unable to edit it and what Houzz had done to the text that I copied and pasted. I also have been unable to find the cooking forum through Houzz - only through gardenweb, and so using the Houzz platform does not work for me for that.

Ok, I can edit but I can't start a new post. Three times yesterday I tried to start a post. It shows up under activity in My Houzz but isn't visible anywhere else. I am using Chrome.

Chrome-you can edit but not start a new thread!

Here's an interesting development... today when I was at the library, I attempted to edit a post and couldn't, for the first time ever. So I was still on my MacBook, still using Chrome, but was using the library's internet instead of my home internet.