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Those are typographic eccentricities, to be pedant :) And they're not even that uncommon on the Internet and amongst tech people. (See the Jargon file[1], for
by lone-commenter 6y ago
Those are typographic eccentricities, to be pedant :)
And they're not even that uncommon on the Internet and amongst tech people. (See the Jargon file[1], for example.)
But I get your point: pedantry is often needless, and sometimes even lacks proper justification (see taejo's comment). But it's difficult to stop seeing errors when you see them, so I would forgive the parent for being that Hacker News guy.
[1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/writing-style.html
- def8cefe 6y agoNo, it's English grammar. (EDIT: Actually it's not. See, there are mistakes everywhere. It's not typographic either though.) There's nothing to forgive. My comment was instruction on being a better reader/listener. Focus on the things people are saying and not nitpicking their delivery and you will absorb more information.
- lone-commenter 6y ago> Focus on the things people are saying and not nitpicking their delivery and you will absorb more information. I agree. Form is not so important.
- def8cefe 6y agoIt's something poor students/learners do. You spend all your time looking for minor errors in instruction or text so you can 'win' while missing the actual lesson or overarching idea. I am definitely not innocent of this as a former high school dropout lol. Cheers.