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Yes.
I'm all for using language to the best of your ability in order to try ensuring that you're communicating what you mean to, but one must recognize and accept that all languages are fluid and evolve over time. Pedantry done in an attempt to be helpful (i.e. educating someone who may not understand the issue) is fine - something I would encourage, even. Pedantry done in condescension is not only not helpful, but the resentment it can create is actually counterproductive.
Eh em.
"They're"
/s
~~/s~~
I'm thoroughly lost. Where did I use any variation of that?
While I'm here, you've reminded me of another issue: I use the "swipe/glide" typing feature on Android all the time, and it routinely screws things like that up. Yet another reason to not be too critical since the person may know the correct usage, but didn't notice the technology fail.
It was a joke. I purposely picked a word you didn't use and made a common grammar correction comment.
I was being pedantic is a sarcastic way.
Story of my life. They're and their, your and you're, don't and didn't for some reason.
Yep! You see it sometimes on lemmy, it's public corrections clearly done to be nasty
I think it's a holdover from redditors. You'd see that kinda shit all the time over there, someone being pedantic for no other reason than to try and score internet points. from my experience, it's mostly something I see from .worlders.
Yep there's a lot of nastiness on reddit. I don't miss it at all
comma splice.
(I use them constantly)
How will I display my superiority?
By dropping trow?