This is why grammar is important, and “grammar nazis” are the only good kind of nazis.
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themagzuz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months agoon that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences
gamer@lemm.ee 10 months ago
barsoap@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 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 10 months ago
eviscerated
God, can you even spell???
Get your act together./s
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Isn’t that basically what commas are for?
KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Why (I don’t see) not
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
We have them in written language, though?
Gsus4@mander.xyz 10 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 10 months ago
Lost In Stupid Parenthesis.