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> Less messages means more efficient collaboration I think this should be "Fewer messages...". Good grammar improves communication, as well.
by multiplegeorges 5y ago
> Less messages means more efficient collaboration
I think this should be "Fewer messages...".
Good grammar improves communication, as well.
- LesZedCB 5y agoif it was good enough to get the idea across in order to be corrected, it succeeded. grammar is fake. language is made up, didn't you know? pithy response aside, i work with a lot of ESL international folks, caring about grammar comes _way_ after being gracious in communication. edit: also, period goes inside quote, even with ellipses. https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/ellipses https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/ellipses. secondly, the extra comma before "as well" is unecessary. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/231256/can-i-put-a-comma-before-as-well https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/231256/can-i-put...
- triyambakam 5y ago> also, period goes inside quote Not in the UK
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- swilliamsio 5y ago> also, period goes inside quote According to Wikipedia, it very much depends: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Punctuation_inside_or_outside https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Punc...
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- krageon 5y ago> https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/ellipses https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/ellipses You quote a US website for this, but we're talking about English.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoIf "less" is used more often than "fewer", doesn't that mean these fairly arbitrary grammar rules should be updated? Language evolves, after all, and American English has diverged from UK English a long time ago.