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I don't know if it's fair or not, but I always feel like the conversation at HN is somewhat... academic, for lack of a better word. The nature of the community
by bmelton 17y ago
I don't know if it's fair or not, but I always feel like the conversation at HN is somewhat... academic, for lack of a better word. The nature of the community seems to encourage one's best behavior, or at least better behavior than I would exhibit in some other places perhaps.
Grammar correction is somewhat a conundrum. On the one hand, it IS sort of rude to point out the faults of another, especially as it can often be attributed to expedient typing. On the other hand, if I made a mistake and didn't realize, I'd REALLY REALLY want someone to point it out to me, so that I could learn from it.
Completely aside though, it's interesting to me how poor grammar seems to spread. Until about two years ago, I had honestly NEVER seen anyone use "should of" in print, and now it seems to be a prevalent mistake.
- basugasubaku 17y ago> Until about two years ago, I had honestly NEVER seen anyone use "should of" in print, and now it seems to be a prevalent mistake. There is no way that is true: http://groups.google.com/groups/search?as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq=%22should+of%22+%22could+of%22+%22would+of%22&as_eq=&num=100&scoring=&lr=&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=1&as_maxy=2007&as_ugroup=&as_usubject=&as_uauthors=&safe=off http://groups.google.com/groups/search?as_q=&as_epq=&...
- bmelton 17y agoWhile I don't understand how that relates to the truthiness of what I've said, it looks like almost all of the results of the linked page are from 2006 forward. Regardless, while I may be fuzzy on the timetable, it is a recent phenomena for me.
- basugasubaku 17y agoGoogle is ranking by date because they have the same relevance. You can play with the date ranges in the search box. I picked Jan 1 2007 as the end date because you said you "NEVER" saw this construction in text until a "about two years ago".