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The parent cited a sentence in the passive voice; why not just leave it be? Why 'pedantically' correct things that aren't wrong?
by idlewords 4y ago
The parent cited a sentence in the passive voice; why not just leave it be? Why 'pedantically' correct things that aren't wrong?
- NikolaNovak 4y agoIt's a tricky judgment call and not everybody will receive it the same. But I like learning little tidbits! Crucially, I don't think poster did a "pedantic correction" for the sake of unfairly dismissing the point ; they did it to educate and that always gets credit in my book :)
- bradrn 4y agoBecause (a) some people might find it interesting; (b) some people might misunderstand what they were referring to; and (c) I like languages.