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by blocked_again 1625 days ago
Obviously I have more than a basic understanding of English. The whole issue with this thread is that I accidentally miswrote a sentence and even after understanding the context someone found it the necessary to point that I made a mistake. The whole point of language is to communicate your ideas. If you understand what I am saying then the point of writing the sentence is accomplished. Instead deciding to focus on the syntax or grammar or whatever is just missing the whole picture.
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nonamechicken 1625 days ago
I also didn't understand how they jumped to 'you lack basic understanding of English' just because you used a word differently. The only possibility I can guess for them picking on you like this is because you tried to question the hateful misinformation being posted here. They couldn't counter you on your actual content, so instead tried to pick on any other fault they could. Or they are trying to discourage people like you from questioning their narrative, and want to make sure that you have a negative experience on way or the other.
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programmer_dude 1625 days ago
This is what the thread OP posted... > India compromises of 28 states.

So compromise is now the same as comprise? I don't think you have a leg to stand on here.

Replying via edit:

>The point is that everyone is capable of figuring out that it's a typo and I actually meant comprises of.

Like I said elsewhere this is not what I objected to. I was responding to the assertion "...As long as you understand what the person is saying it's good enough...".

It is not good enough. The proper thing for you to do here would have been acknowledging your mistake and correcting it instead of promoting mediocrity.

People have the capacity of making heads or tails out of sloppy writing but why should they put in the effort to do so? It is your responsibility to put your thoughts coherently in the first place. This is the least you can do.

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blocked_again 1625 days ago
The point is that everyone is capable of figuring out that it's a typo and I actually meant comprises of. There is almost no one who reads that sentence and is confused what I actually meant. The brain of an average person is perfectly capable of doing that. Focusing on that typo even after totally understanding what I wrote is completely missing the point of language in the first place. Which is to communicate ideas.
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programmer_dude 1625 days ago
>The point is that everyone is capable of figuring out that it's a typo and I actually meant comprises of.

Like I said elsewhere this is not what I objected to. I was responding to the assertion "...As long as you understand what the person is saying it's good enough...".

It is not good enough. The proper thing for you to do here would have been acknowledging your mistake and correcting it instead of promoting mediocrity.

People have the capacity of making heads or tails out of sloppy writing but why should they put in the effort to do so? It is your responsibility to put your thoughts coherently in the first place. This is the least you can do.

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blocked_again 1625 days ago
Well I agree that I should have been a bit more careful while writing the sentence.

At the same time, it's completely pointless to correct someone instead of focusing on the discussion when you totally understand what the other person said.

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selimthegrim 1625 days ago
I’ve read enough newspaper articles and government press releases from subcontinent that while I believe you, I don’t believe that holds for everyone. I am sure there are people who might go on to confuse the two words.
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