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victorz@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoThe amount of grammatical mistakes in your own comment is pretty ironic as well.
Muphry’s Law strikes again.
peanutyam@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
[deleted]victorz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
to elaborate? I may have missed a comma here or there, but what else was wrong?
I mean your own spelling is rather atrocious - especially when devices tend to have a spell check; “Muphry”? Is he a distant cousin of Murphy perchance?
Oh and I use the Kings English here in my country, not “US English” ……
Oh my word, this was embarrassing. 😂
peanutyam@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Hardly embarrassing - you don’t seem to understand light hearted banter clearly….yes I was playing on Murphy/Muphry.
Geez straight to name calling though - classy 🙄
Have a nice life.
victorz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You’re right. The schmuck name calling was perhaps a bit harsh on you.
You were “playing” on Murphy/Muphry? What does that mean? It seems like you just didn’t know Muphry’s Law was a thing, and you tried to hang me for “misspelling” it, then you realized what it is and deleted the comment. But maybe I’m just assuming. 🤷♂️
I don’t know if you’re bantering, perhaps you are. I just have a hobby of shitting on people’s grammar that complain about other people’s grammar. It’s this Robin Hood type of feeling I get. I’m probably sick or something.
Take care!
peanutyam@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Well then use this as a teaching moment and elaborate then?
I live in a country that uses the King’s English, not the American version so please enlighten me - I do enjoy learning.
But don’t say there are an amount of errors without even trying to quantify them….given the burden of proof rests with you.
victorz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Fair enough, let’s have at it, Mr. “King’s English”. (God, do you even hear how insufferably pretentious that sounds?)
Let’s start with the original comment. My edits in [brackets].
“God safe us” - [the] irony right there[… something? “is funny”? What about the irony? You have to finish the thought.][missing comma] especially when critical of someone else’s use of an acronym[comma] perhaps one’s own grasp of the English language should be a little better!!! [Overuse of exclamation points, although one could argue the level of severity in the contents of your message…]
God save us …. [space between “us” and the ellipsis"; and an extra period after the ellipsis]
Next comment!
Well then[missing comma] use this as a teaching moment and elaborate[missing comma; also another “then”? Then then then then.] then?
I live in a country that uses the King’s English[pretentious af but nothing wrong here], not the American version so please enlighten me - [hyphen instead of en dash] I do enjoy learning. [Good, you’re learning right now.]
But don’t say there are [“is an amount”, probably? I don’t know what the King says, but that’s what I would say] an amount of errors without even trying to quantify them….given [again, ellipsis with an extra period; also the weird use of an ellipsis here – it should be a comma] the burden of proof rests with you.
Did you learn something?
psud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
“God safe us” - [the] irony right there[… something? “is funny”? What about the irony? You have to finish the thought.]
That clause was fine up to the missing commas. He’s pointing at the phrase and saying that’s irony right there. Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with that structure. I don’t think it’s common in all Englishes
[hyphen instead of en dash]
That’s pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes; if they’re typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type
victorz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with that structure. I don’t think it’s common in all Englishes
I am, but it’s grammatically insufficient. Idiomatically/colloquially/slang wise, it’s fine. I understood enough to know what they mean, obviously.
That’s pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes;
Of course it’s pedantic. I’m going out of my way to be pedantic to show this grammar snob what it feels like to throw the first stone.
if they’re typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type
Skill issue. If they care enough, it’s easy to find out how. 🤷♂️ I use them all the time.
Thanks for joining the fun!
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Isn’t the first mistake simply him using the sentence to declare there is irony? How is that an incomplete sentence?
victorz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Could you clarify? Do you mean to say it’s incomplete or actually complete?
hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Excuse me, it’s Muphry’s Theory. It hasn’t been proven enough to be a scientific law.
Subverb@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I dont believe in Muphies Theory cause uts just a theory. I’ve done my own research and u ahoukd to.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Hehe I remember Muphies. That Kermit always got up to shenanigans!
victorz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
😆👌 fair enough
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Menzies’es Pretty Solid Hunch
AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m sure this comment can’t go wromg.