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[-] peanutyam@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

Well then use this as a teaching moment and elaborate then?

I live in a country that uses the King’s English, not the American version so please enlighten me - I do enjoy learning.

But don’t say there are an amount of errors without even trying to quantify them….given the burden of proof rests with you.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fair enough, let's have at it, Mr. "King's English". (God, do you even hear how insufferably pretentious that sounds?)

Let's start with the original comment. My edits in [brackets].

“God safe us” - [the] irony right there[... something? "is funny"? What about the irony? You have to finish the thought.][missing comma] especially when critical of someone else’s use of an acronym[comma] perhaps one’s own grasp of the English language should be a little better!!! [Overuse of exclamation points, although one could argue the level of severity in the contents of your message...]

God save us …. [space between "us" and the ellipsis"; and an extra period after the ellipsis]

Next comment!

Well then[missing comma] use this as a teaching moment and elaborate[missing comma; also another "then"? Then then then then.] then?

I live in a country that uses the King’s English[pretentious af but nothing wrong here], not the American version[missing comma] so please enlighten me - [hyphen instead of en dash] I do enjoy learning. [Good, you're learning right now.]

But don’t say there are ["is an amount", probably? I don't know what the King says, but that's what I would say] an amount of errors without even trying to quantify them….given [again, ellipsis with an extra period; also the weird use of an ellipsis here – it should be a comma] the burden of proof rests with you.

Did you learn something?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 49 minutes ago

“God safe us” - [the] irony right there[... something? "is funny"? What about the irony? You have to finish the thought.]

That clause was fine up to the missing commas. He's pointing at the phrase and saying that's irony right there. Perhaps you're unfamiliar with that structure. I don't think it's common in all Englishes

[hyphen instead of en dash]

That's pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes; if they're typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

Perhaps you're unfamiliar with that structure. I don't think it's common in all Englishes

I am, but it's grammatically insufficient. Idiomatically/colloquially/slang wise, it's fine. I understood enough to know what they mean, obviously.

That's pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes;

Of course it's pedantic. I'm going out of my way to be pedantic to show this grammar snob what it feels like to throw the first stone.

if they're typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type

Skill issue. If they care enough, it's easy to find out how. 🤷‍♂️ I use them all the time.

Thanks for joining the fun!

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Isn't the first mistake simply him using the sentence to declare there is irony? How is that an incomplete sentence?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Could you clarify? Do you mean to say it's incomplete or actually complete?

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I meant to say that part is already a complete sentence.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Now, I'm not as much of a grammar nerd as I'd like to be, but from what I understand, "irony right there" isn't a complete sentence, or barely even a complete clause. It's just a few words that should be part of a clause.

Maybe someone could fill in the grammatical details here, or prove me wrong.