sanitation@lemmy.todayBannedBanned from community to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish · 2 months agoNo one spells "lose" anymorelemmy.todayimagemessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1187arrow-down1imageNo one spells "lose" anymorelemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.todayBannedBanned from community to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square111linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareYaDownWitCPPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYou ready to take on accept vs. except now?
minus-square11111one11111linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·2 months agoEffect causes shit to happen and affect is the cause from shit happening
minus-squareToffeeIsForClosers@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOr “the reason is that” instead of “the reason is because”? I have David Foster Wallace to thank for this little gift of constantly hearing a very common grammatical error of little consequence.
You ready to take on accept vs. except now?
How about affect and effect?
Effect causes shit to happen and affect is the cause from shit happening
You’re gonna want to reverse that.
Or “the reason is that” instead of “the reason is because”?
I have David Foster Wallace to thank for this little gift of constantly hearing a very common grammatical error of little consequence.