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by BellsOnSunday 3464 days ago
I know I won't be thanked for pointing out non-technical infelecities in the writing, and I'm not a grammar nazi or anything but... "There was a lot of excellent Haskell writing this year. One can’t possible enumerate all of them..." A lot of excellent writing is a singular noun, then it refers to "them", plural. Exactly the same mistake made in the next paragraph.

I don't want to be picky but if you're writing something public, learn how to use your language right.
3 comments
xwowsersx 3464 days ago
> I don't want to be picky but if you're writing something public

Neither do I, but there should be a comma before the "but" there.

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hota_mazi 3464 days ago
No: these are dependent clauses, a comma would be incorrect.
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GavinMcG 3464 days ago
What you just wrote is a comma splice, by the way. You should read up on semicolons.
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charlieflowers 3464 days ago
Actually a comma is needed because that is a compound sentence. The 2nd independent clause has a subject of "you" (implied) and a verb of "learn."
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the_duke 3464 days ago
When you spend half of your comment on justifying it's existence, it might be the wisest choice to just not post it at all...
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burkaman 3464 days ago
"infelecities" isn't a word.
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