1. 2014-07-13, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #12
    Asta Kask
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    Default Re: Mistakes and Misunderstandings: Internet denizen butchering of phrases

    Who gets to decide if something is wrong? Isn't that like me going chastising my cat for meowing the wrong way? Language is a natural phenomenon, after all.

    Maybe a more fruitful use of our time would be to teach people to rewrite three times, rather than telling them that "To boldly go..." is WRONG! Does it impede understanding? How many people have seriously misunderstood "I can't get no satisfaction..." as indicating that the singer was getting massive amount of satisfaction.
    Last edited by Asta Kask; 2014-07-13 at 11:07 AM.
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    Oooh, and that's a bad miss.

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