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Slate Star Codex Abridged - A Friend And I Remastered 85 Slate Star Codex Posts(slatestarcodexabridged.com) |
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/23/ssc-gives-a-graduation...
The only people I’ve seen quibble over this matter is English language teachers in school.
You only hear it from English teachers because they're the only ones who want to help you. When you don't know the difference between an adjective and past participle in your cover letter or article, you just look a little less competent. Nobody is going to respond to help you out.
My point is, even though getting it "wrong" is very common, this grammatical rule is still far from dead in practice, and so simply offering the correction doesn't necessarily mean the person is being purely pedantic.
Of course this is all to do with "me" vs "I". I agree the strict order of the nouns is indeed almost dead in practice.
I’m trying not to quibble over language — just wanted to note that this is a well-documented phenomenon with a fancy name (I’m not an English teacher).
[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
Edit: I clarified what I meant to say. Earlier it said “more correct” rather than “less/more” correct.
I'm not sure that this qualifies for the same, since it seems unlikely to be the result of overgeneralization of rule so much as a simple (and common) mistake.
You’re totally correct!
I ask because, the curated index you offer could just link back to the original posts.
Given everything else being equal, I would prefer to read the original source over a mirror. I then dont have to verify it is an accurate representation, and they dont have to be kept in sync if things change on the source end. Maybe a separate clickable link at the end of each line that takes you to the original post would be helpful. (orig) A link blog / pure index model would also run less afoul of any sort of copyright issue, if you wanted to extend this concept to other blogs. I would personally encourage this, shifting to a more generalized linkblog that links outward to other sscesque writing. It makes your offering more unique than a theme and index.
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