Irrational Hatred
People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?
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( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?
Suggested by Smash Monkey
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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That's a pretty good summary actually.
If it adds to the richness of the language, I'm all for it, if it detracts from it, it pisses me off.
Fucked if I'm gonna spell check every little thinbg I write on B3ta or correct every misplaced apostrophe just to appease a few people who consider me lazy if I don't though. If I was writing something important, I would.
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 19:52, 1 reply)
If it adds to the richness of the language, I'm all for it, if it detracts from it, it pisses me off.
Fucked if I'm gonna spell check every little thinbg I write on B3ta or correct every misplaced apostrophe just to appease a few people who consider me lazy if I don't though. If I was writing something important, I would.
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 19:52, 1 reply)
I do find misplaced apostrophes annoying.
But, usually, only when "deliberate". If your finger slipped, or you forgot the correct word in a storm of posting, then fair enough. If, on the other hand, you think that "its" and "it's" should be interchangeable than I disagree completely.
Concepts are much easier to explain, and understand, when a language is consistent and as complex as possible without requiring more than the first few years of life to "master".
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 20:01, closed)
But, usually, only when "deliberate". If your finger slipped, or you forgot the correct word in a storm of posting, then fair enough. If, on the other hand, you think that "its" and "it's" should be interchangeable than I disagree completely.
Concepts are much easier to explain, and understand, when a language is consistent and as complex as possible without requiring more than the first few years of life to "master".
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 20:01, closed)
I know the difference.
But I will often unthinkingly use the wrong one and not realise unless I am proofreading what I have written.
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 20:04, closed)
But I will often unthinkingly use the wrong one and not realise unless I am proofreading what I have written.
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