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We all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Why do all American teenagers get cars as gifts for their sixteenth birthday?" is an example: It asks why something is true even though that thing is not, in fact, true.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I’m not sure how to feel about understanding this now. Good, because I understand, or bad, because I’ll perpetually be annoyed from holding back the urge to correct.

Thanks, I guess?

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

There's no need to correct people using the phrase to mean "prompting the question", that's practically definition two at this point.

If you see people commuting the rhetorical fallacy, however, go ahead and call them out.