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OK, Wikipedia has a nice article about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preposition_stranding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preposition_stranding Though my se
by dozzie 9y ago
OK, Wikipedia has a nice article about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preposition_stranding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preposition_stranding
Though my sentence was grammatically and semantically correct, but the
sentence I was complaining about was semantically invalid, so it was a little
too much from you to point that out (stranding here fully intended).
> If you cc me on all your work correspondence, I'll be happy to point out any grammatical errors I find (for a fee, obviously).
A "nice" offer, but I'll pass. First, I'm not in a position to copy my work
correspondence to a random dude from the internets. Second, my work
correspondence is mainly in my native language.
- bshimmin 9y agoYour sentence was unidiomatic to this native English speaker - "point" and "out" always belong together in a construct like that. My offer was a joke, but never mind.
- dozzie 9y ago> Your sentence was unidiomatic to this native English speaker [emphasis mine] Fair enough, but I obviously picked up this manner somewhere, and from what I remember, it was long before internet got crowded by people from all over the world, so I think it was from some other native English speakers. > My offer was a joke, but never mind. Your joke went over my head so high that I recoiled from the superiority vibe I got from reading it as an actual offer. (I just wanted you to know that, now that it's clear what it was.)
- bshimmin 9y agoI think we probably win the award for the most worthless exchange on HackerNews today. Well done us!