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> I really really don't want to grammar-nitpick > I haven't made a single grammar claim. I interpreted you using the word 'grammar' to mean that you were maki
by dmm 13y ago
> I really really don't want to grammar-nitpick
> I haven't made a single grammar claim.
I interpreted you using the word 'grammar' to mean that you were making a grammatical claim. And I was thinking of grammar as binary thing, either right or wrong. I thought of grammar as a set of rules that would determine whether a statement was well-formed.
You include in the idea of grammar not only correctness but also judgements like: "less bugs" sounds bad to me and probably isn't appropriate for professional communications. In my mind at the time that sort of statement wouldn't have been a matter of grammar. Maybe spending all day with formal languages and programming gave me that idea.
I don't know how to communicate with you. It's hard to do sometimes with just the written word. Sorry for wasting your time.