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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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For me it's not about sticking to the rules.
Brought down to the most basic level language is about communicating an idea, concept or message from one to another. In speech (for me at any rate) the flow, and how what you are saying sounds is what is most important after clarity. Texted just does not sound right. Pisswimpery, for example, certainly does not appear in any dictionary I have seen - but I understand it perfectly. I think, when writing the rules should probably be more rigidly adhered to simply to make life easier for the reader.
(, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 17:30, 1 reply)
Does that make sense in Dolphin?
You don't stick to rules (you rebel, you!!), but you may wish to revise that final sentence to make my life easier. Otherwise you'll fail to communicate whatever the fuck you mean.
(, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 22:38, closed)

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