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> They aren't going to obsolete PC's. Considering you were criticizing the author on his grammar, you made a mistake yourself! "Obsolete" is an adjective, not
by matthewwiese 12y ago
> They aren't going to obsolete PC's.
Considering you were criticizing the author on his grammar, you made a mistake yourself! "Obsolete" is an adjective, not a verb.
Also, I like your distinction between traditional PCs for creation and mobile for consumption. Mobile devices can do little in the way of content creation, disregarding the simple apps that allow users to change basic properties, such as add a filter to an image. However, I see mobile eclipsing PCs merely because the majority of people have no need to create content and merely would like to consume their favorite media.
- atlantic 12y ago>Considering you were criticizing the author on his grammar, you made a mistake yourself! "Obsolete" is an adjective, not a verb. That's not quite right. In the context of American English, "obsolete" can be used as a verb. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsolete#Verb http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsolete#Verb
- meesterdude 12y agointeresting! I get how it might not be "correct" but this explains why i didn't feel bad about it: all those examples are well within my use cases. I do care about my articulation and clarity, so I love these kinds of insights.
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- sheetjs 12y ago> "Obsolete" is an adjective, not a verb. Merriam Webster recognizes the verb form of obsolete. The example is from 1936: > "For radio itself deliberately obsoletes today what it built yesterday." —David Sarnoff, Television, 1936 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsolete http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsolete
- matthewwiese 12y agoI'll be damned, I see I was wrong! Props to you and another commenter for pointing that out. It's fun how parts of the English language may be manipulated like that, however bizarre it may sound.
- meesterdude 12y agoThanks for the grammar lesson! I love language and articulating correctly. I know that wasn't your purpose in pointing it out, but I appreciate the correction all the same. There's a difference between making a mistake, and just paying no attention at all to grammar or spelling. Wasn't asking for perfect, just that he try. Yes, I agree with your later point; most people don't need a PC for what they want to do. Or in places like india (as another HN user pointed out) there is huge growth because they're affordable, versus PC's which are not. But people will still need PC's for work, for school, and for play; so it'll be interesting to see the long term effects.
- leviathan 12y agoI'm inclined to say that the author, whose name is Madhukar, is not a native english speaker. I tend to overlook spelling and grammar mistakes in those cases.
- Killswitch 12y agoAnd even still, the punctuation and grammar isn't so bad that you can't read the article. Not everyone's goal is to be a perfect writer.