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Bit of a nitpick, I read this sentence a few times because it sounded a little confusing, but shouldn't that be: "but will continue to donate to, and advise th

by oulu2006 9y ago

Bit of a nitpick, I read this sentence a few times because it sounded a little confusing, but shouldn't that be: "but will continue to donate to, and advise the organization..." rather than just "to donate and advise..." sounds like he's donating OpenAI to someone. I'm unsure.

nutherforgot 9y ago
Do you think he's in a position to donate the organisation to someone?
sparky_z 9y ago
Think of it as "...will continue to donate and will continue to advise the organization," with the repetition taken out.
- hammock 9y ago
  Yes, but if the object had to be included for advise for clarity, you'd think it'd have to be included for donate as well, no?
jcranmer 9y ago
"to donate to" would be more correct, but very likely, a prickly editor said "YOU ENDED YOUR CLAUSE WITH A PREPOSITION, BE GONE WITH YOU!" and deleted the 'to'.
- _emacsomancer_ 9y ago
  Ah, the sort of editor who knows just enough about language to be dangerous.
  - jcranmer 9y ago
    The injunction against ending with prepositions entirely comes from people wanting to turn English into Latin (similarly for split infinitives). There is no basis to deny it, and it's one of those rules where trying to adhere to it makes things harder, not easier, to understand.
    - _emacsomancer_ 9y ago
      Yes, and relatively recently too (lots of this sort of "all languages should be Latin" nonsense is from the 1700s). You probably know the old joke, a visitor is on the Harvard campus, and says to one of the passing students: Visitor: Excuse me, can you tell me where the library's at? Student: Here at Harvard, sir, we do not end a sentence with a preposition. Visitor: I do beg your pardon. Allow me to rephrase my question. Can you tell me where the library's at, you pompous asshole? [I mean, if one is going to make up silly rules, at least they should have enough knowledge to know that the relevant domain in which the ridiculous rule would be applied isn't the sentence, but the clause.]
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kalyanganjam 9y ago
I read it to mean "but will continue to donate to, and advise the organization..." when I first read it but unable to do so after reading your comment. Not sure if this phenomena has a name for it.
vqc 9y ago
could also have switched the verbs, i.e. "but will continue to advise the organization and donate"

nutherforgot 9y ago

Do you think he's in a position to donate the organisation to someone?

sparky_z 9y ago

Think of it as "...will continue to donate and will continue to advise the organization," with the repetition taken out.

hammock 9y ago
Yes, but if the object had to be included for advise for clarity, you'd think it'd have to be included for donate as well, no?

jcranmer 9y ago

"to donate to" would be more correct, but very likely, a prickly editor said "YOU ENDED YOUR CLAUSE WITH A PREPOSITION, BE GONE WITH YOU!" and deleted the 'to'.

_emacsomancer_ 9y ago
Ah, the sort of editor who knows just enough about language to be dangerous.
- jcranmer 9y ago
  The injunction against ending with prepositions entirely comes from people wanting to turn English into Latin (similarly for split infinitives). There is no basis to deny it, and it's one of those rules where trying to adhere to it makes things harder, not easier, to understand.
  - _emacsomancer_ 9y ago
    Yes, and relatively recently too (lots of this sort of "all languages should be Latin" nonsense is from the 1700s). You probably know the old joke, a visitor is on the Harvard campus, and says to one of the passing students: Visitor: Excuse me, can you tell me where the library's at? Student: Here at Harvard, sir, we do not end a sentence with a preposition. Visitor: I do beg your pardon. Allow me to rephrase my question. Can you tell me where the library's at, you pompous asshole? [I mean, if one is going to make up silly rules, at least they should have enough knowledge to know that the relevant domain in which the ridiculous rule would be applied isn't the sentence, but the clause.]

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kalyanganjam 9y ago

I read it to mean "but will continue to donate to, and advise the organization..." when I first read it but unable to do so after reading your comment. Not sure if this phenomena has a name for it.

vqc 9y ago

could also have switched the verbs, i.e. "but will continue to advise the organization and donate"