• duderium [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Sorry but an editor mentioned this to me when looking over my writing a few years ago and it’s lasered itself into my brain ever since.

    • bubbalu [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      Killing the cop in your head includes editors. It’s one thing to correct for content and overall comprehensibility it’s another to get on this granular elements of style bullshit when the language is in common usage.

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        1 month ago

        “N-N-Nooo, you can’t just follow obscure grammatical rules that no one cares about!”

        “Haha, it’s-farther-not-further machine go brrr.”