This kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”.
No it doesn’t. It falls under adults forgetting the rules of Maths.
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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
This kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”. Use parenthesis and the problem goes away.
This kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”.
No it doesn’t. It falls under adults forgetting the rules of Maths.
themagzuz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
on that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
People try and use commas for this sort of clarification and are eviscerate for it.
With these sort of math problems, the rules are taught early and then all subsequent math is written in an unambiguous form.
Language has the oddity of going the other way around where the rules get more complex as a display for advanced skilled.
Mac@mander.xyz 2 months ago
eviscerated
God, can you even spell???
Get your act together.
/s
Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 months ago
My language teachers always told me it was bad form to use too much or even to nest parenthesis…
Then I found lisp…
Almacca@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Lost In Stupid Parenthesis.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
We have them in written language, though?
gamer@lemm.ee 2 months ago
This is why grammar is important, and “grammar nazis” are the only good kind of nazis.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Isn’t that basically what commas are for?
KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Why (I don’t see) not
barsoap@lemm.ee 2 months ago
lojban.org/…/section-parentheses.html
Also xkcd.com/191/. Also vlasisku.lojban.org/xekce. Also www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv0QIbGc8i8.