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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

The amount of grammatical mistakes in your own comment is pretty ironic as well.

Muphry's Law strikes again.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago

Excuse me, it's Muphry's Theory. It hasn't been proven enough to be a scientific law.

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I dont believe in Muphies Theory cause uts just a theory. I've done my own research and u ahoukd to.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

Menzies'es Pretty Solid Hunch

[-] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I'm sure this comment can't go wromg.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

😆👌 fair enough

[+] peanutyam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Care to elaborate? I may have missed a comma here or there, but what else was wrong?

I mean your own spelling is rather atrocious - especially when devices tend to have a spell check; “Muphry”? Is he a distant cousin of Murphy perchance?

Oh and I use the Kings English here in my country, not “US English” …..

Oh my word, this was embarrassing for you. 😂 My spelling was absolutely perfect, you shmuck. No wonder you deleted it before I even saw the reply in my inbox.

[-] peanutyam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Hardly embarrassing - you don’t seem to understand light hearted banter clearly….yes I was playing on Murphy/Muphry.

Geez straight to name calling though - classy 🙄

Have a nice life.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You're right. The schmuck name calling was perhaps a bit harsh on you.

You were "playing" on Murphy/Muphry? What does that mean? It seems like you just didn't know Muphry's Law was a thing, and you tried to hang me for "misspelling" it, then you realized what it is and deleted the comment. But maybe I'm just assuming. 🤷‍♂️

I don't know if you're bantering, perhaps you are. I just have a hobby of shitting on people's grammar that complain about other people's grammar. It's this Robin Hood type of feeling I get. I'm probably sick or something.

Take care!

[-] peanutyam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Well then use this as a teaching moment and elaborate then?

I live in a country that uses the King’s English, not the American version so please enlighten me - I do enjoy learning.

But don’t say there are an amount of errors without even trying to quantify them….given the burden of proof rests with you.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fair enough, let's have at it, Mr. "King's English". (God, do you even hear how insufferably pretentious that sounds?)

Let's start with the original comment. My edits in [brackets].

“God safe us” - [the] irony right there[... something? "is funny"? What about the irony? You have to finish the thought.][missing comma] especially when critical of someone else’s use of an acronym[comma] perhaps one’s own grasp of the English language should be a little better!!! [Overuse of exclamation points, although one could argue the level of severity in the contents of your message...]

God save us …. [space between "us" and the ellipsis"; and an extra period after the ellipsis]

Next comment!

Well then[missing comma] use this as a teaching moment and elaborate[missing comma; also another "then"? Then then then then.] then?

I live in a country that uses the King’s English[pretentious af but nothing wrong here], not the American version[missing comma] so please enlighten me - [hyphen instead of en dash] I do enjoy learning. [Good, you're learning right now.]

But don’t say there are ["is an amount", probably? I don't know what the King says, but that's what I would say] an amount of errors without even trying to quantify them….given [again, ellipsis with an extra period; also the weird use of an ellipsis here – it should be a comma] the burden of proof rests with you.

Did you learn something?

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Isn't the first mistake simply him using the sentence to declare there is irony? How is that an incomplete sentence?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Could you clarify? Do you mean to say it's incomplete or actually complete?

[-] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I meant to say that part is already a complete sentence.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Now, I'm not as much of a grammar nerd as I'd like to be, but from what I understand, "irony right there" isn't a complete sentence, or barely even a complete clause. It's just a few words that should be part of a clause.

Maybe someone could fill in the grammatical details here, or prove me wrong.