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I don't normally nitpick in this way, but the single line "Wrong." rubbed me up the wrong way. The claim was: > Almost No One Pays a 6% Real-Estate Commission–
by ghusto 3y ago
I don't normally nitpick in this way, but the single line "Wrong." rubbed me up the wrong way. The claim was:
> Almost No One Pays a 6% Real-Estate Commission–Except Americans (wsj.com)
and you've cited an example which fits neatly into the word "almost", _right there as the first worth in the sentence_
- pb7 3y agoExcept it is wrong. It’s not “except Americans”, it’s “except Germans” and "except Japanese" and hundreds of millions of others. It’s not about the exact number because the whole premise is that it’s too high. "Almost No One is Poor in the United States–Except Lazy People"
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- flebron 3y ago"Almost nobody except X does Y." and "Z does Y, with Z != X" are consistent. Is your disagreement entirely due to the (possibly nil) distinction between "Almost nobody except X does Y" and "Almost nobody does Y -- Except X", which is how the article is worded? If so, at least one native English speaker will disagree. The poster you're replying to seems to have more of an emphasis in how the "Wrong." parent was worded. There was no need to be that confrontational, when one is adding a point of information ("Z does Y, with Z != X") that is most likely consistent with the thread title, and with the article content.
- queuebert 3y ago[flagged]
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoReaders: Here are a dozen examples that refute you Author: Ha! I used the mighty "ALMOST"! Don't you plebs know the rule of the mighty "ALMOST". I win. I am so smart.
- justrealist 3y agoWhen I see "almost" I would think of the exception being like, "Estonia", or "Albania", not.... Germany. It's a big place.
- dudul 3y agoAfter how many counter examples do we go beyond "almost no one"? It's like opinion articles saying "many people think blabla" where "many" is 3 tweets.