Some good points to remember when (or before) going all Grammar Police on someone.
Humanity has a constant challenge in conflating aesthetics with morality; it's true in religion, it's true in the law, and it's often true with grammar.
Originally shared by +Karen Conlin:
I don't know how I missed this one before. It's from November of last year.
I try very hard to be aware of these twelve points. Very hard. I know I blow it sometimes (I'm human, it happens) but at least I'm aware and trying. Right? Right.
h/t +Jonathon Owen
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I'm trying really hard to be less (vocally) pedantic, but I still find myself saying "die" when my friend says "roll a dice."
To clarify, I'm correcting him, not telling him to die.
But where are you on datum vs. data?
"Datum" is deadum.
It’s rather disheartening to learn that I sound like a “pompous twit.”