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I downvoted you because your 2nd sentence consists of 107 words.

by Maro 15y ago

cfontes 15y ago
Thanks for the explanation, but where is the rule in English that states that a sentence cannot have 107 words ? I see posts with far more than that everyday here.
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- sp332 15y ago
  You should probably have some kind of punctuation after the word "code", and start a new sentence after the word "Joy". But it's not worth downvoting you.
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  - cfontes 15y ago
    Thanks I will add it next time to make it clearer. because I cannot edit it anymore.
  - Maro 15y ago
    He practiced his Scala to get back at me, which is pretty cool =) Totally worth the downvotes my comment receives.
    - cfontes 15y ago
      +1 for that and not to get back, not mad or something at all, did it just to ask for a better explanation next time :D
cfontes 15y ago
I was missing a goal to pratice my Scala so I wrote a script to find if you follow your rule, I stopped after getting something bigger than 107 words in order to not hurt HN. After several 90+ words paragraphs I found this 138 words beauty :D. " Maro 321 days ago | link | parent | on: "Nothing like this will be built again": a tour of... When I was getting my degree is Physics we had a lab in the "student reactor", which was still in a large building of its own. As part of the lab we got to sit down to the control console of the reactor and control it, on our own. I remember I was turning one knob increasing the power output when suddenly there was a loud noise, everything shook, and the power output went to zero. Turned out it was the failsafe (I think cadmium rods dropped into the core) as I was too agressive with the controls --- it was a normal occurence for students. (All modern reactors are designed in a way that you can't overdrive them, they'll automatically shut down.) It was great fun and a story I'll be telling for the rest of my life. " P.S: I didn't count the --- as a word !
- sp332 15y ago
  Maro complained about a single sentence, not a whole paragraph.
  - cfontes 15y ago
    Point taken, maybe I could rewrite the script :D. Just kidding. I just wanted to show that a constructive argument like the one you made is appreciated and if you down vote me with that I will be glad, but the point that he gave was not useful to make my sentence skills better :D
- alecthomas 15y ago
  This is the best reply I have ever seen to a grammar nazi comment. Kudos.
  - cfontes 15y ago
    Thanks but it's not about "grammar nazi", English is not my first lang and I appreciate when people help. I wanted to point that it was a silly rule.

I downvoted you because your 2nd sentence consists of 107 words.

by Maro 15y ago

I downvoted you because your 2nd sentence consists of 107 words.

Thanks for the explanation, but where is the rule in English that states that a sentence cannot have 107 words ? I see posts with far more than that everyday here.

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sp332 15y ago
You should probably have some kind of punctuation after the word "code", and start a new sentence after the word "Joy". But it's not worth downvoting you.
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- cfontes 15y ago
  Thanks I will add it next time to make it clearer. because I cannot edit it anymore.
- Maro 15y ago
  He practiced his Scala to get back at me, which is pretty cool =) Totally worth the downvotes my comment receives.
  - cfontes 15y ago
    +1 for that and not to get back, not mad or something at all, did it just to ask for a better explanation next time :D

cfontes 15y ago

I was missing a goal to pratice my Scala so I wrote a script to find if you follow your rule, I stopped after getting something bigger than 107 words in order to not hurt HN. After several 90+ words paragraphs I found this 138 words beauty :D. " Maro 321 days ago | link | parent | on: "Nothing like this will be built again": a tour of... When I was getting my degree is Physics we had a lab in the "student reactor", which was still in a large building of its own. As part of the lab we got to sit down to the control console of the reactor and control it, on our own. I remember I was turning one knob increasing the power output when suddenly there was a loud noise, everything shook, and the power output went to zero. Turned out it was the failsafe (I think cadmium rods dropped into the core) as I was too agressive with the controls --- it was a normal occurence for students. (All modern reactors are designed in a way that you can't overdrive them, they'll automatically shut down.) It was great fun and a story I'll be telling for the rest of my life. " P.S: I didn't count the --- as a word !

sp332 15y ago
Maro complained about a single sentence, not a whole paragraph.
- cfontes 15y ago
  Point taken, maybe I could rewrite the script :D. Just kidding. I just wanted to show that a constructive argument like the one you made is appreciated and if you down vote me with that I will be glad, but the point that he gave was not useful to make my sentence skills better :D
alecthomas 15y ago
This is the best reply I have ever seen to a grammar nazi comment. Kudos.
- cfontes 15y ago
  Thanks but it's not about "grammar nazi", English is not my first lang and I appreciate when people help. I wanted to point that it was a silly rule.