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Intel Shipped 1 Billionth Computer Chip
murat submitted linkage to a simple little story that proclaims that Intel has recently shipped
it's One Billionth Chip. Quite an impressive accomplishment... it took them 25 years to reach the billions, but they estimate that they will hit 2 billion by only 2007.
To post the One BILLIONth post?!
- "it's" wrong again, wrong wrong wrong, cross-eyed-blithering-insectly wrong
- One Billionth Chip is not a proper noun (last I checked)
See the article, which (gasp) makes neither of these mistakes.Ostensibly, this is supposed to be a website for smart people. Sixth-grade grammar really shouldn't exceed our grasp. I've got otherwise-useless karma piled to the moon, maybe it's time to start burning it.
Remember, people, George Orwell said that sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought leads to exploitable, oppressible people.
For fzzck's sake, learn your basic grammar. At least the editors, if not the submitters. It's REALLY not that difficult. Or at least have one capable proofreader on the staff to look things over before you post glaring, stupid mistakes in front of millions of people (some of whom are learning English), and just leave them hanging there.
(Note to fellow grammar nazis: I know stylistic things like beginning a sentence with "Or" or omitting an implied verb could be construed as inappropriately colloquial and ungrammatical. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about heavyweight concepts like knowing the difference between the plural and possessive cases, and proper use of capitalization.)
-- http://frobnosticate.com
The plural form of "microprocessor" is "microprocessors," and not "microprocessor's" which is the singular posessive form. The plural posessive form would be "microprocessors'"