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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What made you unable to look in a different direction?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Are you also upset that "December" doesn't refer to the tenth month anymore?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (8 children)

I'm not entirely against it, but I'm amused by how common it is to put "whole" inside of "another", making it "a whole nother". Can anyone give any other use of the word "nother"?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

The thing is that, at least in the UK, many people also say "of". You might say that in quick speech it's not possible to tell between "would've" and "would of" which is probably where this misspelling came from, but I once was talking to my English friend and after he said something quickly, I asked if he just said that "she would see it?", to which he replied "she would OF seen it" putting a lot of emphasis on that "of", making it clear that he wasn't aware that it should be "have".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Yeah, must of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's not so much on strict grammar, but it's a wonderful guide on clear writing and in general, clear expression of yourself. It does have a chapter on use and misuse of English, usually backed by data and only rarely being the expression of the author's personal preferences: The sense of style by Steven Pinker.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Is that mildly infuriating or just mildly amusing?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I don't know, the MW defines unstop as "free from obstruction" or "remove a stopper". You could say that the "stop" text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

They should just make a captcha that asks how many 'r's in 'strawberry'.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I didn't Google it. I just figured, if it found me a 10% discount, the vendor would also send Honey some % of what I paid for the product.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (16 children)

Same here. Newer found a single coupon for me. I uninstalled it a few months ago, not because I thought it was sketchy, but because I figured it must be better at finding discounts for things that I don't shop for online, like shoes and pizzas or something.

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I once applied for a job where one of the requirements was "minimum 5 to 10 years experience in X". My friend told me to submit a CV saying I have 3 to 6 years experience in X and see if they shortlist me.

 
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