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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·8 days agoValid options are: What it looks like How it looks Not: How it looks like
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·8 days agothis is really controversial, but as long as I can understand it, I think it’s ok.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·8 days agoObjectively correct take. The goal of communication has been met, anything else is just pedantry.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 days agoIt’s not at all controversial, it’s the rules of English grammar.
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 days agoThe “rules” of a language describe how people use the language, but those conventions are subject to constant change because communication is a collaborative art. Some might say it’s better to use a semicolon rather than a comma, for example.
minus-squarecanihasaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·8 days agoWhile we’re on a thread about English grammar, “who’s” means “who is.” The possessive of “who” is “whose.” Sorry.
minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 days agothanks. went ahead and just deleted the whole comment. wouldn’t want to ruin any potential sentiment with poor grammar!
minus-squaremurtaza64@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·8 days agogrammar pedantry is way more annoying than any grammar mistake
minus-squarejim_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 days agoGrammar pedantry is way more annoying than any grammar mistake. FTFY /s
minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoTIL FTFY doesn’t mean “Fuck That, Fuck You”
minus-squareBanana@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoInteresting thing about grammar and spelling is that incorrect grammar/spelling is only incorrect until it’s not. Language is dynamic and is changed based on how people use it, and if people use it “wrong” in the same way enough times it becomes right.
Valid options are:
Not:
this is really controversial, but as long as I can understand it, I think it’s ok.
Objectively correct take. The goal of communication has been met, anything else is just pedantry.
It’s not at all controversial, it’s the rules of English grammar.
The “rules” of a language describe how people use the language, but those conventions are subject to constant change because communication is a collaborative art. Some might say it’s better to use a semicolon rather than a comma, for example.
*than a comma; for example
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While we’re on a thread about English grammar, “who’s” means “who is.” The possessive of “who” is “whose.”
Sorry.
thanks. went ahead and just deleted the whole comment. wouldn’t want to ruin any potential sentiment with poor grammar!
grammar pedantry is way more annoying than any grammar mistake
Grammar pedantry is way more annoying than any grammar mistake.
FTFY /s
TIL FTFY doesn’t mean “Fuck That, Fuck You”
Interesting thing about grammar and spelling is that incorrect grammar/spelling is only incorrect until it’s not.
Language is dynamic and is changed based on how people use it, and if people use it “wrong” in the same way enough times it becomes right.