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Not to go too far off topic, but, one of the nicer elements of HN is its focus on literate conversation. I've found, that in my own writing, I too frequently m
by ghshephard 14y ago
Not to go too far off topic, but, one of the nicer elements of HN is its focus on literate conversation. I've found, that in my own writing, I too frequently misuse to/too, where/were, lose/loose - so communicating with colleagues and friends that expect me to hold my conversation to a higher standard then elsewhere on the net is appreciated.
It has the bonus effect of improving the literacy of my written conversation when I'm not on HN as well.
- threeholepunch 14y agoOn at least one occasion you also mixed up then/than. >so communicating with colleagues and friends that expect me to hold my conversation to a higher standard then elsewhere on the net is appreciated.
- ghshephard 14y agoThank You. :-)
- kgermino 14y agoAgreed, I actually appreciate the grammar correction (to an extend) when someone corrects me, since I usually learn about something I was doing wrong. However, it is annoying to read everyone else getting corrected. I'm not sure how to solve that, maybe an email? But that seems to be more effort than it is worth for the person correcting. P.S. Since it's always an issue: Your email needs to be in the 'about' field for others to see it. If you want others on HN to be able to contact you please check it now.
- Someone 14y agoSince you appreciate it: it is 'to an extent'. 'extend' is a verb, 'extent' a noun. And both the original case and this one aren't about grammar, but about spelling :-)