stronglang , to random
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We can [VERB] the [TABOO TERM] out of something, but what happens when it's an intransitive verb that takes a prepositional phrase?

@bgzimmer on "agreed the fuck out of it" and similar phrases: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/i-agreed-the-fuck-out-of-it/

bibliolater , to bookstodon group
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The King's English : Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933: https://archive.org/details/kingsenglish00fowliala ~via @internetarchive

@bookstodon

Teyrnon , to random
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What do you think? Which of the following works best for you?

"for once and all"

or

"once and for all"

akareilly , to random
@akareilly@hachyderm.io avatar

Hey funders,

You know you could just... give... the money... to projects that need it. Like software libraries that ARE IN EVERYTHING.

No grants. Don't make tech nerds write grants.
Don't make the tech nerds hire grant nerds to write grants.

FFS don't fund research into this problem with a budget of double what it would take to SOLVE THE PROBLEM for a significant number of open source projects with code that is, again, IN EVERYTHING.

#xz

adambyte ,
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@dymaxion @akareilly I said it because people use loose, accidentally incorrect all the time, and I assumed that that's what was happening here, because the fact that, "writing grants," is apparently a commonly-used shorthand for, "writing applications/proposals for grants," is one that I was not aware of and is counter-intuitive.

It is indeed funny that I sort of ended up trying to correct someone on a subject that they know much more about than I, but again, the apparent mistake was grammatical, which normally means that anyone who can read is qualified to speak on it. And I assumed that an entire profession's worth of people wouldn't agree to put a grammar error in the name of their job.

Finally, you seem to be implying that my behaviour was influenced by (), but I had no idea what her gender was until I wanted to use a pronoun to refer to her in my previous post, so I visited her profile to see what her were.

📚 Online forum to ask Chicago Manual of Style related questions?

Does anyone know of a good (and hopefully also free) online forum where someone can ask questions related to the Chicago Manual of Style? Chicago Manual of Style's page has an online question form, but it seems like it's one of those "we'll answer your question if we get to it" type of things. I need to ask questions about...

renard_roux , to Literature in 📚 Online forum to ask Chicago Manual of Style related questions?

Yeah I know what you mean, I've reached a point where I can just about stomach going there if a Google-search finds relevant information on something I'm researching, but I draw the line at active participation or even logging in.

I've done a quick search and found a list of Discord boards that are tagged with #grammar.

This one looks promising, and the list says there are currently 20 people online (take with grain of salt, though): The Grammar People

If you could share your specific question, maybe there's more research that can be done (or maybe someone here knows the answer) 🤔

knavalesi , to AcademicChatter group
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If I ever use the Oxford comma, I will do so logically, and consistently.

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