So yeah, sounds, markings and agreement on their use and meaning are rather important things. 'Performing' the wrong kind of 'work' or at the wrong time, can get you anything from a union grievance filed against you in a factory or get you nailed to a tree if you're a Jew in Roman Occupied Israel. Likewise with otherwise simple words like 'perform' and 'work'. Things like 'inalienable Hunan rights' are a fine thing, until some guy decides you aren't Human, or only three-fifths of one. It is just extraordinarily silly for someone to argue that developing their own rules for the use of a language is a valid use of that language if the target audience doesn't also use the same rules. Law! Law is 99.990% comprised of nothing more than providing evidence of historical acceptance of the meaning of a term within a given context. Disagreement between two or more parties on the meaning of a given sound or marking is what all civil wars/internal uprisings are fought over and most international conflicts as well. When some commenter says "you could have said that in half the number of words" instead of picking on the greengrocer's apostrophe, I'll cheer. Honestly, what would I gain from it?ġ) english is my first and (regrettably) only languageĢ) The spelling of english uncapitalised is by choice.ģ) Transmission of a clear message is far more important than the minutiae of precisely 'correct' spelling (whatever that is), but the former is never so bitched over as the latter. Therefore I'd say this demonstrates that a formal understanding is unnecessary. I do have the strong innate understanding that allows me to use english as well as, or better than, many. I don't know what a pronoun is, never mind the first person type. I have no formal understanding I don't know how to parse a sentence and label its parts. No (kind of), yes (kind of), you need to be clear about definitions and here you're conflating two things.Ī formal understanding of language is entirely separate from the instinctive grasp necessary for use. > If you do not know what the first person pronoun is, If language is a tool of your trade, you should know some basic grammar Re: coding SometimeOrOtherPerhapsElRegCanRestoreTimestampsPlease Like good manners, why should good language be restricted to formal occasions as if it is a foreign concept to the writer? Even you do not care to write the word, "fuck", in full.Īlso, as the hallowed Linus Torvalds is writing in a forum that gets rather a wider audience than just the object of his displeasure, he is writing in public and ought to show the respect and manners that he probably expects from others. Swearing is often just an expression of limited competence, imagination and cliche. Pronouns are fairly basic.Īs for rudeness and swearing, having lived in several countries, two of which required and one that now still requires me to use both English and the local language, swearing and rudeness are bad form in both formal and informal writing in most cultures and environments. If language is a tool of your trade, you should know some basic grammar. ![]() If you do not know what the first person pronoun is, I doubt that you are a Professional writer or even frequent presenter. Like good manners, why should good language be restricted to formal occasions as if it is a foreign concept to the writer? Swearing is often just an expression of limited competence. ![]() "English spoken by foreigners" comes to mind. Americans do have a rather loose grasp of English and manners at times. Are you sure your first language is English? It reads more as American.
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