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  • I am no longer a grammar Nazi.

    How far would you go to correct your pet peeve? Would you create a computer program just to find it? Would you build a weekly, scheduled habit around


    How far would you go to correct your pet peeve? Would you you create a computer program just to find it? Would you build a weekly, scheduled habit around curating those results? Would you, ultimately, manually edit tens of thousands of Wikipedia articles to obliterate that pet peeve from the face of the internet?


    This is just about the saddest thing I've ever read.*

    *The above statement is completely untrue.
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    Hmm. I'd considered doing some grammatical editing on Wikipedia before. Though, I take solace in the fact that my urge to insert inappropriate comments is just as strong as my urge to correct mistakes.
    To us, it is the BEAST.

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    • #3
      I have on occasion corrected poor grammar/typos that I run across while browsing Wikipedia, but I really only do it on a whim.
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      • #4
        "Wiki" isn't a word and should be removed from all online user edited encyclopaedias.

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        • #5
          Chrome just told me encyclopedias is not a word either, and corrected me. Such a spelling Nazi
          Last edited by Aeson; February 4, 2015, 11:27. Reason: capitalized Nazi

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          • #6
            Well after you posted "My ex, Elok..." in another thread, I don't think you could claim grammar Nazi-dom, even if you wanted to .
            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
            - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Aeson View Post
              Chrome just told me encyclopedias is not a word either, and corrected me. Such a spelling Nazi
              Spellcheck isn't considered a word. I think it should be.
              To us, it is the BEAST.

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              • #8
                *grammer
                Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
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                  To us, it is the BEAST.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
                    Well after you posted "My ex, Elok..." in another thread, I don't think you could claim grammar Nazi-dom, even if you wanted to .
                    That sentence wasn't wrong, just stylistically unwieldy and semantically ambiguous.
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                    • #11
                      Grammatically speaking, it was incorrect. The comma in that situation is used to set off parenthetical elements. You failed by not doing so, but rather referencing someone else.

                      If you were using the comma to set off introductory elements, you should have said "Elok, my ex..." without a closing comma.
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
                        Grammatically speaking, it was incorrect. The comma in that situation is used to set off parenthetical elements. You failed by not doing so, but rather referencing someone else.

                        If you were using the comma to set off introductory elements, you should have said "Elok, my ex..." without a closing comma.
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                        To us, it is the BEAST.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Sava View Post
                          Fixed that for you.
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                            (thankworthy, I have none right now )
                            To us, it is the BEAST.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
                              Grammatically speaking, it was incorrect. The comma in that situation is used to set off parenthetical elements. You failed by not doing so, but rather referencing someone else.

                              If you were using the comma to set off introductory elements, you should have said "Elok, my ex..." without a closing comma.
                              The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

                              It's a vocative address, Imran, and it's perfectly grammatical.
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