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> EDIT: While snarking about someone else's English you've made some errors yourself. I invite you to locate one. >> And "a particular criteria" must be "a pa

by lutusp 14y ago

> EDIT: While snarking about someone else's English you've made some errors yourself. I invite you to locate one. >> And "a particular criteria" must be "a particular criterion." > No. In context the author should have said "particular criteria". The password must match a list of elements, not a single element. That's not a correction, it's an alternative. Continuing the theme, your second "correction" isn't a correction, it's an editorial comment. > I'm not sure why you're so hung up on "enforced" either. Because it's grammatically incorrect in the context? "Forced" is not "enforced." They refer to different things. "The burglar enforced his way into my house." > It's at least an almost correct word choice. Ah ... almost correct. Thanks for the clarification. But you prefaced it by claiming I had made some errors.

DanBC 14y ago
EDIT: You don't appear to understand why I'm pointing this out. It's less about a discussion of English usage. It was to point out that your initial comment made you sound like a dick. > That's not a correction, it's an alternative. There is a list of criteria. The password must conform to that list of criteria. It doesn't matter if a password only matches one criterion, because if it doesn't match the other criteria it will fail. Thus, your alternative, ' must be "a particular criterion"' with a highlighted must, is incorrect.
- lutusp 14y ago
  > It was to point out that your initial comment made you sound like a dick. On that basis, you believe yourself to be in a position to criticize my posts based on their tone? Your sense of irony must have been surgically removed. Your correction is an error masquerading as criticism. A password requirement can possess one or more criteria. A single criterion is that it must be at least eight characters in length. Multiple criteria might be that the password must contain punctuation marks and be at least eight characters in length. That means you are wrong, and you have yet to locate an error in my posts.

by lutusp 14y ago

DanBC 14y ago

EDIT: You don't appear to understand why I'm pointing this out. It's less about a discussion of English usage. It was to point out that your initial comment made you sound like a dick. > That's not a correction, it's an alternative. There is a list of criteria. The password must conform to that list of criteria. It doesn't matter if a password only matches one criterion, because if it doesn't match the other criteria it will fail. Thus, your alternative, ' must be "a particular criterion"' with a highlighted must, is incorrect.

lutusp 14y ago
> It was to point out that your initial comment made you sound like a dick. On that basis, you believe yourself to be in a position to criticize my posts based on their tone? Your sense of irony must have been surgically removed. Your correction is an error masquerading as criticism. A password requirement can possess one or more criteria. A single criterion is that it must be at least eight characters in length. Multiple criteria might be that the password must contain punctuation marks and be at least eight characters in length. That means you are wrong, and you have yet to locate an error in my posts.