Comment on Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

• Kachilde@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thefact thatyour commentcan stillbe understood kindof disprovesyour point.

  Beingpedantic aboutspaces andhyphens in anonline comment-section doesn’t makeyou a better-person.

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• Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Okay Luddite.

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I apologize for knowing how to spell.

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    • Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So where do we draw the line on when new words can’t be created anymore? Shakespeare? Wassup? Crunk?

      An online forum lacking in content and engagement isn’t the place to make a stand against minor mistakes that don’t detract from the conversation.

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      • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What I’m making a stand against is the position that there’s no such thing as bad grammar because it’s all just language evolution.

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• abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Except language is demonstrably fluid, meanwhile it seems like your grasping of prescriptive pedantry is coincidentally just a lazy reason to try and be correct when everyone knew what “instore” meant.

  Do you say “God be with you” when departing, or just goodbye?

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Of course it is. That doesn’t mean every missing or grammatical mistake is an example of language evolving. Usually it’s just carelessness or ignorance.

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    • abbotsbury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Carelessness or ignorance, believe it or not, evolve language. Have you heard of compound words?

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      • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        fyne wut evar ur rite having stan dardz sux u cant comlane cuz u no wat i mint

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      • Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I believe they are what people call a hypocrite, they have LOL in their username.

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