cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoWhat opinions do you have that you consider shallow && pedantic?message-squaremessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat opinions do you have that you consider shallow && pedantic?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agomessage-square168fedilink
minus-squareJackthelad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoPeople using “was” when they mean “were”. And the classic “should of/could of”.
minus-squareradicalautonomy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI could care fewer on that one.
minus-squareblackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoI remember that thanks to the Goldie Lookin Chain song Waitrose Rap, which has the line “10 items or less, were you born in a sewer, the correct grammar should be 10 items or fewer”
minus-squareJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoTrying to get everyone saying things properly is like hurting cats.
People using “was” when they mean “were”.
And the classic “should of/could of”.
Same but also add “less” and “fewer”
I could care fewer on that one.
I remember that thanks to the Goldie Lookin Chain song Waitrose Rap, which has the line “10 items or less, were you born in a sewer, the correct grammar should be 10 items or fewer”
Trying to get everyone saying things properly is like hurting cats.