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Critiquing the critique of Facebook's new PHP spec: You used affect when you should have used effect. They probably don't teach that in the CS PhD program:) O
by brian_mingus 12y ago
Critiquing the critique of Facebook's new PHP spec:
You used affect when you should have used effect. They probably don't teach that in the CS PhD program:)
Of course my post may be subject to Muphry's Law. But still. If you're going to spend so much time establishing your credibility, do you really want to ruin it by demonstrating you don't have a basic understanding of English grammar?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law
- arenaninja 12y agoI'm not sure I would place any significance on something I have seen many native speakers screw up consistently. If you're not familiar with the author, you could take the time to read the blog post he linked to where he talked about HPHP and phc
- brian_mingus 12y agoIf the affect/effect error was in isolation it wouldn't have been a big deal. When combined with a rant of how much of an expert he was the contrast led to quite a bit of cognitive dissonance.
- kansface 12y agoHe never claims to be an expert on English grammar.
- Dewie 12y agoAny grammar mistake negates any intellectual merit on the Internet...
- arenaninja 12y agoFair enough. It's possible I skipped that section because I was already familiar with his HPHP/phc post. Regardless of why, I never noticed it
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- pbiggar 12y agoFixed, thanks for pointing it out!
- Gigablah 12y agoHere's how I would rewrite your post: "I noticed a typo -- <phrase containing the word 'affect'> should be <phrase containing the word 'effect'> instead. And since I'm not being a smartass, I don't have to go through all the trouble of citing <link to Muphry's law>. Yay!"