Finally... settled science upon which I can agree.
I agree and they add nothing to the debate just like when folks involved hitler and use the term haters
“pretty much” should be hyphenated.
People who constantly make grammar mistakes are pretty much dumbasses, scientists find.
I hate it when people say “as well” instead of “too” or “also” or “and”.
Is “are pretty much jerks” good English usage?
The phrase “pretty much” is a coloquialism and should not be in a written news report.
Guilty as charged. But I do it to be helpful, not to be superior or dismissive.
This might make the people rude enough to point out their errors jerks, but it doesn't change the kind of people they are either.
They said I’m pretty.
I’s agree. They am jerks...and probuly they is stoopid!
They are also ironically, poorly educated. English is one of the few languages on earth with no rules, and no “Academie Francaise”. English is the fastest, most adaptive, most useful language on earth. If it falls into common usage, and becomes accepted, its “English”.
A person enforcing the “rules” today is simply revealing their own ignorance.
The others are nowhere close.
OK, I scanned the article for typos and misused words. There are none. I give the authors a 100.
“get bothered by grammatical errors online have “less agreeable” personalities “
There’s no need to put ‘less agreeable’ in quotations.
Normal people have found that scientists are pretty much jerks (especially them there ones what pontificate and preach the phony gospel of people-powered global warming/climate change, and the ones looking for a cure for the common cold).
Most or all posters make a mistake now and then and most are probably typos.
And some posters will use an entire new message simply to correct an error in a previous post, even if it was only one word.
Just think, what would the threads look like if everyone used an new message to correct every minor typo or error?
Maybe a good policy is: don’t comment on others posting errors, or grammatical mistakes. And don’t use a new message to correct an error unless it changed the meaning of your post.
Here is a handy guide for all you jerks out there:
GRAMMAR POLICE: 12 MISTAKES NEARLY EVERYONE MAKES
As more and more organizations join the owned media way of marketing, the grammar police seem to be in greater force.
Poor Sam Fiorella. Every time he writes something, he asks three or four of us to make sure he isn’t going to be crucified by the grammar police. It’s become quite comical and we enjoy giving him a hard time about it.
But he’s not alone. Many business leaders stress about writing anything at all, for fear of having incorrect grammar that will be made fun of across the web.
Between not knowing correct grammar and the text lexicon, it’s no wonder people are fearful of not just writing, but publishing, their work.
While I am certainly no Grammar Girl, I have found there are mistakes nearly everyone makes, particularly when writing for the web.
All Hail the Grammar Police!
1.Affect vs. effect. The easiest way to remember the difference between the two is affect means “to influence.” So if you’re going to influence something, you will have an affect. If it’s the result of something, it’s an effect.
2.The Oxford comma. In a series of three or more terms, you should use what’s referred to as the Oxford comma. This means you should have a comma before the word “and” in a list. For instance: The American flag is red, white, and blue. Many people debate this, but I’m a believer in it because there are times when you don’t have the extra comma and the sentence doesn’t make sense. I prefer to err on the side of having the Oxford in there.
3.Commas, in general. And speaking of commas, slow down when you’re writing and read your copy out loud. You don’t want to make this mistake: Let’s eat grandma vs. let’s eat, grandma. Poor grandma will be eaten if you forget the comma.
4.Their, they’re, and there. You’d think everyone learned this rule in fourth grade, but it’s a very common mistake. Use “there” when referring to a location, “their” to indication possession, and “they’re” when you mean to say “they are.”
5.Care less. The dismissive “I could care less” you hear all the time is incorrect. If you could care less, that means there is more you could care less about the topic. Most people omit the “not” in that phrase. It should be, “I couldn’t care less.”
6.Irregardless. This word doesn’t exist. It should be regardless.
7.Nauseous. How many times have you said you felt nauseous? This is incorrect. You feel nauseated. Nauseous means something is sickening to contemplate.
8.Your and you’re. Another mistake you see in people’s social media profiles and in the content they create is not correctly using “your” and “you’re.” If you’re meaning to say “you are,” the correct word is “you’re” (like at the beginning of this sentence). Otherwise the word is “your.”
9.Fewer vs. less. Another common mistake, “less” refers to quantity and “fewer” to a number. For instance, Facebook has fewer than 5,000 employees.
10.Quotation marks. Among great debate, people ask all the time whether or not punctuation belongs inside or outside quotation marks. It belongs inside.
11.More than vs. over. I’m pretty sure the advertising agency created this grammatical error. Instead of saying, “We had more than 50 percent growth” in ad copy, “over” allows for more space. So they say, “We had over 50 percent growth.” Drives. Me. Crazy.
12.Me vs. I. I was reading something by a big muckety muck the other day and the copy read, “This year has brought a big personal development for my wife and I…” No, no, no! If you were going to say that without the mention of your wife, you wouldn’t say, “This year has brought a big personal development for I.” You would say “me.” So this year has brought a big personal development for my wife and me.
There are so many grammar mistakes made today, The Elements of Style is on its fourth edition. Also check out the AP Stylebook. While most business writers don’t abide by those rules, most PR professionals do.
Having a copy of both (and referring to them) and asking an editor for help (even if it’s informal like Sam does), you’ll never have to worry about the grammar police.
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