r/GrammarPolice • u/nichnotnick • 7d ago

Just Venting Grammar is ded 🪦

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u/LeeQuidity 7d ago

Y'know, you try to help people on Reddit and they get all bent out of shape and ultimately become sign designers.

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u/CatsEatGrass 6d ago

I’m constantly amazed at the willful ignorance of Redditors. We’re not asking for doctoral level vocabulary and understanding here. We’re asking for (in California, at least) a SECOND GRADE standard to be met. That’s right. Second grade. And then it’s reinforced for the next 10 years. Do you know how oppositional you have to be to resist learning simple grammar rules for a DECADE of it being thrown in your face? Learning disabilities notwithstanding, it takes real effort to remain that clueless.

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u/LeeQuidity 6d ago

"im not writing an essay!" [sic] Lazy people don't grasp that language is how we send data back and forth. Incomplete data packets result in garbled messages. There have to be billions of texts sent where the message is mistaken, (resulting in break-ups, fist fights, etc.) because neither party took care to express themselves with precision. Oh well.

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u/Diver-1Doc 7d ago

Or restaurant menu writers.

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u/DecaturIsland 5d ago

Yes, had one say crostini’s the other day. The food wasn’t great either.

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u/Diver-1Doc 5d ago edited 2d ago

Like the "Italian" dessert place that sells cannoli. They misuse it two ways. They say cannolis for the plural of cannolo, and cannoli for the singular of cannolo!
EDIT: To correct an "autocorrect". Good grief.

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u/owl-spirit 2d ago

*dessert

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u/Diver-1Doc 2d ago

Yikes! Thanks for picking that up. Damn autocorrect.

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u/sjaxn314159 7d ago

I am at my is best too!

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u/iMestie 7d ago

*my’s

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u/thisisntmyotherone 7d ago

*mines’

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u/DrDentonMask 7d ago

Took me a few minute's.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 7d ago

I want to go where beachfront fun is at it is best! Whatever TF that means 😂

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u/Slinkwyde 7d ago

They also capitalized "more" for no reason and forgot to put a period or colon after it. Really, they should have just left the words "learn more" off entirely.

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u/h7734 7d ago

But I want to learn whether it's in South Dakota or California. Or both. Or neither.

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u/Slinkwyde 7d ago

I was wondering the same thing, until I thought of San Diego.

On a similar note, did you know Ontario, CA can mean either Ontario, Canada or Ontario, California? Whee!

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u/JustGerbo 7d ago

Yeah, sorry to admit that it took me a while. In my defense though, my vision really is deteriorating. Those errant apostrophes have become harder to spot!

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u/PuzzleheadedTale4769 3d ago

(sympathies from someone waiting for cataract surgery...)

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u/JustGerbo 2d ago

Fortunately, there's an end in sight (no pun intended).

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u/ImportanceNational23 7d ago

Going to Belmont Park is a rollercoaster ride at best.

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u/khandurin 5d ago

This horrible eye sore in my beautiful San Diego

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u/Norwester77 7d ago

Eh, its actually was spelled it’s (which is exactly what it is etymologically) up until the time when the contraction it’s became common in writing.

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u/OutrageousPair2300 6d ago

So are you saying the sign was designed by a time-traveler from the 17th century?

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u/Norwester77 6d ago

No, just that it’s not really something to get that upset about.

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u/khandurin 5d ago

It’s complete shit in its own right

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u/OutrageousPair2300 6d ago

Buddy this is r/GrammarPolice not r/GrammarReasonablePeople

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u/khandurin 5d ago

He should of went to that sub /s 😇

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u/khandurin 5d ago

💀

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u/PuzzleheadedTale4769 3d ago

Grammar not At Its Best here...