Going to play Grammar Nazi Here
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| Author | Content |
|---|---|
| Jeff91 Aug 24, 2010 8:50 AM EDT |
11 Biggest Open Source Success Stories That ARE Changing The World As We Know It Just had to say that. Proper English in needed on the internet. |
| jacog Aug 24, 2010 9:36 AM EDT |
Huzzah! |
| gus3 Aug 24, 2010 9:41 AM EDT |
Ahem... Proper English IS needed on the internet. |
| bigg Aug 24, 2010 10:26 AM EDT |
"Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?" |
| jacog Aug 24, 2010 10:43 AM EDT |
A typo is not the same as a grammatical error. |
| gus3 Aug 24, 2010 10:51 AM EDT |
So? A Nazi is a Nazi. And since Godwin's Law was validated by the thread's title, I have no qualms in saying so. |
| ComputerBob Aug 24, 2010 11:56 AM EDT |
Grammar are a cultural construct. |
| caitlyn Aug 24, 2010 2:34 PM EDT |
I also find the use of Nazi in this way offensive. How can one equate trying to get people to use good grammar with the systematic murder of 12 million people, including 6 million Jews and 3 million Roma. Equating bad grammar with genocide cheapens the meaning of the term Nazi. |
| tuxchick Aug 24, 2010 3:00 PM EDT |
I get the impression that the author is not a native English speaker. There is a contact form for submitting helpful feedback. |
| gus3 Aug 24, 2010 3:02 PM EDT |
It all starts with the demand for conformity. Jeff91 self-identified as a Nazi, and in this case it fits. He doesn't seem to care that English could be Manuel José's second language; rather than comment on the message, he'd rather attack the messenger. Yet, in the process, Jeff91 fails to meet his own demands. A fantastic quote from the openly gay Eric Allman, author of sendmail: Quoting:There is some sort of perverse pleasure in knowing that it's basically impossible to send a piece of hate mail through the Internet without its being touched by a gay program. That's kind of funny. |
| bigg Aug 24, 2010 3:24 PM EDT |
"Grammar Nazi" is actually a common term: [url=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grammar Nazi]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grammar Nazi[/url] |
| tuxchick Aug 24, 2010 3:57 PM EDT |
LOL gus3. I'm saving that one :D |
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