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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantWhite Pongo, Jr.
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Was this rule written by an American or by a British person?

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In rare cases where multiple Complete TV Series are packaged together, the Box-set rules can be applied, treating each series like a single film - applying the above rules for it’s individual profile.
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Nah, they were from Mozambique.
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Does it matter? Season, series, appartment, flat, cell, mobile, flashlight, torch, ...

Just regional differences.
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Does it matter?


It seems to me that the meaning would be different.

If you read "complete series" as, well... "complete series", as opposite to "complete season", then "multiple Complete TV Series are packaged together" would mean, for instance, Buffy and Angel packed together.
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It was written by both and was intended to cover complete series such as the Angel and Buffy examples you cite.

They are no longer "rare" as the rule states but three years ago when it was written they were.
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Quoting EnryWiki:
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Was this rule written by an American or by a British person?

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In rare cases where multiple Complete TV Series are packaged together, the Box-set rules can be applied, treating each series like a single film - applying the above rules for it’s individual profile.


From the complicated structure of the sentence (two comma's and a hyphen), I would say it was written by a German.
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From the complicated structure of the sentence (two comma's and a hyphen), I would say it was written by a German.
There's no good german sentence containg less than 2 commas.

;)
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From the complicated structure of the sentence (two comma's and a hyphen), I would say it was written by a German.

Nope, I am fairly sure it wasn't me

Anyway, the word Series is supposed to refer to several "seasons" of a TV show, as Rick already pointed out. The unfortunate wording, as a single season is referred to as series in the UK, was only discovered later.
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It was written by both and was intended to cover complete series such as the Angel and Buffy examples you cite.

They are no longer "rare" as the rule states but three years ago when it was written they were.


So the rule refers to this, for instance, right?

-- Enry
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correct

Or This: 

Or This: 

Or This: 

Or This: 

Etc., etc
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Let me get this straight, this part of the rules isn't talking about a set of seasons(US)/series(UK) in one great box (e.g. a Babylon 5 box or a Friends box)?

It is talking about two different TV shows in a super box, e.g. a box containing Babylon 5 AND Crusade or a box containing Friends AND Joey.

Is that correct?
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Let me get this straight, this part of the rules isn't talking about a set of seasons(US)/series(UK) in one great box (e.g. a Babylon 5 box or a Friends box)?

It is talking about two different TV shows in a super box, e.g. a box containing Babylon 5 AND Crusade or a box containing Friends AND Joey.

Is that correct?


No Karsten, it is talking about a "set of seasons(US)/series(UK) in one great box (e.g. a Babylon 5 box or a Friends box)"
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No Karsten, it is talking about a "set of seasons(US)/series(UK) in one great box (e.g. a Babylon 5 box or a Friends box)"

OK. Then I only misunderstood your "Buffy and Angel" posting.

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Buffy and Angel packed together.

Quoting lyonsden5:
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It was written by both and was intended to cover complete series such as the Angel and Buffy examples you cite.



Maybe we should just change the wording in the rule from "series" to "season(US)/series(UK)".
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Maybe we should just change the wording in the rule from "series" to "season(US)/series(UK)".


That would help. We should also remove the "rare cases" reference since these are common now.
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We can't do that, Karsten. Only Ken can do that. Is it colour or color? While I don't have a problem with the change, that is up to ken and I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. It is an US based program... when in Rome...in short I think it is much ado about nothing.

Agreed Rick

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Was this rule written by an American or by a British person?

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In rare cases where multiple Complete TV Series are packaged together, the Box-set rules can be applied, treating each series like a single film - applying the above rules for it’s individual profile.


Attention: The Apostrophe Police have arrived.

This rule contains an incorrect "it's".

Not written by anyone competent in either the English or American language.


"... please note that the possessive form of it does not take an apostrophe any more than ours, yours or hers do..."

If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.

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