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The Great Typo Hunt

Posted by samzenpus on from the grammar-nazis dept.

jamie writes "Incensed by a 'no tresspassing' sign, Jeff Deck launched a cross-country trip to right grammatical wrongs. He enlisted a friend, Benjamin D. Herson, and together they erased errant quotation marks, rectified misspellings and cut unnecessary possessive apostrophes. The Great Typo Hunt is the story of their crusade." We have already covered the duo's fight with The National Park Service.

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  1. Re:So he's a loser ... moving on ... by hyades1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I doubt he'll be going to Texas. There's so many retards there, his only hope would be to look for the occasional accurate sign and put a check mark on it.

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  2. Did you actually read my question? by Estanislao+Mart�nez · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you're actually interested: fewer relates to countable nouns, less to uncountable. Less water, fewer glasses. "Less glasses" sounds as wrong as "fewer water".

    Did you actually read what I posted? I explicitly said that I would not accept any explanation "that consists of simply restating the rule in question in complicated and impressive-sounding language that may or may not betray the fact that the explainer has never been to a Linguistics 101 course."

    You get a few points on using "countable" and "uncountable." Now answer my question and explain to me why you insist that "fewer relates to countable nouns, less to uncountable."

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  3. Re:So he's a loser ... moving on ... by hyades1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yuppers. That's my point...that there ARE so many retards where you apparently are. I'm proud of you for figuring it out. Would you like something more difficult?

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