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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

people who think overenunciating everything makes them a better class of human

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Using less instead of fewer. Fewer is quantitative, Less is qualitative. Fewer rain drops, less rain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Gotta ask: do you take issue with β€œ10 items or less” signs?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would say "not the grammar" since many users are not native English speakers and have learned it as a second (or third, fourth...) language. πŸ’β€β™‚οΈπŸŒ

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When someone says "I seen".

No, you saw. Or you have seen.

It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

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